Electric grid is ‘attractive target’ for domestic violent extremists in US, intel brief says

Domestic violent extremists will “likely continue” to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical infrastructure in the United States, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security intelligence briefing obtained by CNN. Since at least 2020, domestic extremists have developed Read More …

Gulf of Oman: US Navy detains smuggling ship carrying urea fertilizer

The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized a boat in the Gulf of Oman carrying fertilizer used to make explosives that was caught last year smuggling weapons to Yemen. The British royal navy said it confiscated 1,041 kilograms (2,295 pounds) Read More …

Western Australia: Queens Park man to face court accused of detonating makeshift explosive in Leederville

Police have charged a 29-year-old man they say detonated a homemade bomb near two busy Leederville restaurants just hours before he allegedly sparked another scare with a second crude explosive device. The man, who was refused police bail, is due Read More …

India: One killed, 5 injured in explosion while making crude bombs in Bengal village

A man died and five others sustained injuries when some crude bombs which they were allegedly making went off on Monday night at Rameswarpur-Dakshinpara village in the Beldanga area of Bengal’s Murshidabad district, police said. Local villagers told the police Read More …

India: Ahead of R-Day, IED recovered from Ghazipur flower market

An improvised explosive device (IED) stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate was found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market here today, but it was later defused, officials said. The explosive was kept in an iron box and Read More …

Iraqi security forces seized cache of explosives and ammunition in western Nineveh governorate

Two separate operations were carried out based on accurate intelligence information from the Intelligence Division of the 15th Division, one of the joints of the Military Intelligence Directorate in the Ministry of Defense, which confirmed the presence of explosive materials, Read More …

U.S. officials warn threat from homemade bombs is skyrocketing

With domestic extremism on the rise, U.S. officials say the threat from homemade bombs is also surging. There were more than 400 bombing incidents in 2020, up 70 percent from the year before. The FBI and DHS’s CISA are now Read More …

India: 5-kg IED recovered near India-Pakistan border in Punjab

Just a month ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, a special task force (STF) of Punjab Police on Friday recovered a 5-kg improvised explosive device (IED) and Rs 1 lakh in cash near the India-Pakistan border. The seizure from Read More …

Toronto man charged after possessing homemade bombs, crossbow

A man faces multiple firearm-related charges after Toronto police officers alleged the accused had homemade bombs and a crossbow. According to a statement issued by the service Wednesday afternoon, officers began their investigation on Monday in the Leslie Street and Read More …

South Africa: Three suspects arrested at Beitbridge Border Post for allegedly smuggling explosives

Three suspects (one woman and two males) were, in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 12 January 2022 at about 00:58, arrested by the police at Beitbridge Border Post for allegedly being in possession of commercial explosives. The Police Read More …

Inside foiled terror plot: Up to 18 suicide bombers hoped to detonate bottle bombs on seven planes at 30,000ft

A former CIA officer claims Scotland Yard wanted to allow jihadists plotting Britain’s worst-ever terror attack to board jumbo jets with their bombs. Met chiefs “wanted to play to the very edge” as they built a case against fanatics who Read More …

Northern Ireland: County Armagh man jailed for making blast bomb

An “eccentric” Co Armagh weapons collector who admitted making a “blast-incendiary improvised” bomb has been handed a 15 month sentence. Although ordered to serve half his sentence in jail and the rest on licence, Sean Fintan Burns will soon be Read More …

Northern Ireland: Woman arrested over Derry New IRA bomb-making probe

Detectives from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit (TIU) investigating the bomb-making activities of the New IRA have arrested a 52-year-old woman in the Creggan area of Derry earlier today, Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Detective Inspector Clara Heaton said: “The woman, Read More …

Pakistan: Joint security forces operation in Kalachi Jahan Khani area recovered 2 suicide vests and cache of explosives

Dera Ismail Khan: CTD and Pakistan Army joint intelligence-based operation against terrorists of Tehreek-e-Taliban Gandapur group in Kalachi Jahan Khani area, 2 rocket launchers with 7 shells, 2 suicide vests and cache of explosives hidden underground for terror attacks. ڈیرہ Read More …

South Africa: Four suspected robbers arrested for attempted murder and possession of explosives

Four suspects aged between 25 and 37 were arrested by police on charges of business robbery, attempted murder and possession of explosives. It is alleged that yesterday at 23:00, police responded to a report of a burglary in progress at Read More …

Florida: Alleged Antifa member targeted Pinellas County rally with a bomb; more explosives found at his house

A man in full black bloc behaving suspiciously near a right-wing rally outside the Pinellas County Courthouse in Florida on Jan. 6 was apprehended by deputies after he tried fleeing on foot. Garrett James Smith, 22, was arrested and found Read More …

Washington: Centralia police arrest Olympia man accused of December ATM bombing, theft

Centralia detectives have arrested an Olympia man accused of bombing and stealing from a First Security Bank ATM last month. Ryan Thomas Moulder, 39, is one of two people police believe used an unknown improvised explosive device at the ATM Read More …

The Extraordinary Life of the Most Notorious Terrorist Before Bin Laden

If you asked someone to name the world’s most famous terrorist, chances are they would say Osama Bin Laden, the radical Islamist and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. But 50 years ago, before anyone even associated fundamentalist Islam with terrorism, Read More …