South Africa’s deadly mix of explosives, extortion and organised crime

On 30 January, armed robbers in Cape Town hijacked two members of a maintenance team loading automated teller machines (ATMs). They strapped a makeshift explosive device to one of the victims and forced him to open various ATMs in order Read More …

Germany: 3 injured in mail bomb blast at Lidl HQ in Neckarsulm, north of Stuttgart

A total of three people were injured in an explosion in a office building belonging to German discount supermarket chain Lidl in Neckarsulm, a town in southwest Germany, on Wednesday. The explosion was caused by a bomb in either a Read More …

UK: Student caused mass panic with explosive parcels sent in Amazon fraud plot

A student caused mass disruption and panic around the UK when he sent improvised explosives through the post as part of an elaborate fraud plot. Ovidijus Margelis, 26, rigged packages with match heads, combustible paper, and timer devices in order Read More …

Turkey: Security forces nab 4 suspected YPG/PKK terrorists in Hatay province

Security forces in southern Turkey arrested an alleged YPG/PKK terrorist said to be planning an attack in nearby northern Syria – an area Turkish forces had liberated of terrorists – along with three accomplices, local authorities said Tuesday. Provincial gendarmerie Read More …

Uktaine: Zelensky orders to identify those responsible for death of three soldiers in Donbas

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky ordered to identify the perpetrators of the tragedy of three servicemen in Donbas within ten days. According to the presidential website on Tuesday night, Zelensky ordered to check all mine and explosive barriers on the Read More …

Afghanistan: 30 Taliban killed in own IED explosion

Security sources say a bomb blast at a mosque in Balkh province has killed at least 30 militants. The 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement on Saturday that 30 Taliban fighters including six foreign nationals who were expert mine Read More …

Bomb making equipment, shotguns and Isis flag found during police raids in Denmark and Germany

Shotguns, a rifle and “things that can be used to make a bomb,” were found as 14 people were arrested in Denmark and Germany on suspicion of preparing one or several attacks in the two countries, Danish police said Friday. Read More …

India: 46 IEDs recovered in Garhwa

Forty Six powerful improvised explosive devices (IED), which were planted to harm security forces, were recovered in Garhwa district, police said on Thursday. Based on a tip-off, CRPF and police personnel launched a search operation near Budha Pahad area on Read More …

Minnesota: Man charged with shooting 5, igniting 3 pipe bombs in deadly clinic attack in Buffalo

Armed with four pipe bombs, one handgun and a Ziploc bag full of ammunition, Gregory Ulrich caught the public bus outside his motel Tuesday morning and rode the short trip to Allina Health Clinic. Ulrich shot five clinic workers and Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC plans to breed more than 100 detection dogs in 2021

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre’s (CMAC) National Dog Centre programme plans to breed more than 100 detection dogs in different skills, from explosive detection, environmental protection, security, patrolling and wild animal protection this year. The National Dog Centre programme said Read More …

California: 8 Explosive Devices Found In Stockton Home Rendered Safe

A Stockton neighborhood was evacuated Wednesday after an explosive went off in a man’s hand. At least eight homemade explosives were found inside the home on Bristol Avenue, not far from Madison Elementary and Madison Park. Natalio Ramirez stood outside Read More …

Hong Kong: Bomb suspect arrested

A man who allegedly planted a suspected bomb at the roadside of Wing Fok Center in Fan Ling has been arrested and police believe the crime is protest-related. He was still being detained for questioning as of 9pm last night. Read More …

Pakistan: One ‘Terrorist’ Killed, Five Arrested In Karachi

A terror suspect was killed and five others were arrested during an operation in Karachi’s Shah Latif Town on Monday. The joint operation was conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and officers of intelligence agencies. The exchange of fire continued Read More …

Lebanon: ‘Second Beirut bomb’ removed from port by German firm

A German firm has removed numerous containers holding hazardous chemicals from the port of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, which are set to be shipped out of the country half a year after the catastrophic blast that destroyed the city. Germany’s Ambassador Read More …

Belgium: Iran envoy sentenced to 20-year prison term over bomb plot

A Belgian court has convicted an Iranian diplomat for plotting a thwarted 2018 bombing of an opposition rally outside Paris and ordered that he is jailed for 20 years. Assadollah Assadi, now 49, was attached to the Iranian mission in Read More …

Ethiopia arrests 15 over UAE embassy attack plot

Ethiopia’s state-run media have said authorities arrested 15 people over a plot to attack the United Arab Emirates’ embassy in the capital, Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) on Wednesday cited a statement from the National Intelligence and Security Read More …

Afghanistan: ANA and ANP discovered explosives and IEDs in Helmand, Kandahar and Balkh provinces

Commando forces discovered and destroyed a cache of Taliban’s explosives and 2 of their strongholds in Nad-Ali district of Helmand province last night. 2 Taliban were killed and 1 other was arrested during the operations. A number of weapons and Read More …

Los Angeles: Steady nerves and patience – How a bomb squad defused a box of old dynamite in Glendora

Many people store things in their basement and forget about them. It’s not often that the forgotten thing turns out to be dynamite. Such a discovery over the weekend in a Glendora basement in the 200 block of East Bennett Read More …