UK: Man charged with planting fake IED near the US Embassy in London

A man from Bayswater has been charged with carrying out a bomb hoax after allegedly planting a fake IED near to the US Embassy in London. Daniel Parmenter, 43, is accused of leaving a device that resembled a bomb near Read More …

Ontario: Police investigating imitation explosive device found in New Hamburg

Police are investigating what they determined to be an “imitated explosive device” found under a bridge in New Hamburg on Sunday. Members of the public discovered the suspicious device near a pathway under the Nith River Bridge near Highway 7/8 Read More …

Singapore: Security officer to be charged for failure to dispose of fake bomb during exercise

A 46-year-old security officer’s failure to dispose of a fake improvised explosive device (IED) used in a simulation exercise led to police officers being activated to investigate a bomb threat. Investigations by the police then led to the discovery of Read More …

UK: Fake ‘bomb’ made from shower gel bottle and rubber glove forced a lockdown of HMP Lowdham Grange

A Nottinghamshire jail was placed in lockdown for hours when one of the prisoners placed a hoax improvised bomb in the exercise yard of its segregation unit. Nottingham Crown Court heard how convicted arsonist Mathew Lea left the plastic bottle Read More …

Malicious Actors Threaten U.S. Synagogues, Schools, Hospitals, and Other Institutions With Bomb Threats

FBI, DHS, and NCTC are warning the public of ongoing bomb threats by malicious actors targeting synagogues, Jewish community centers, schools, hospitals, airports, government buildings, and other public institutions in the United States. These actors threaten to detonate supposedly hidden Read More …

Australia: Homemade bomb planted on car at Sydney home flying Palestinian flag

Bomb squad officers have been called to a south Sydney home after an improvised explosive device was planted on the car of its pro-Palestinian residents. The homemade device that appeared to be made of a jerry can with rags stuffed Read More …

UK: Businessman found guilty of plotting to plant bombs in London

A businessman with a “deep-seated grudge” against two lawyers at the National Crime Agency has been found guilty of planting two devices resembling bombs at the heart of London’s legal district to intimidate them. Jonathan Nuttall, 50, was convicted at Read More …

UK: Doorman planted fake bomb in popular pub and alerts police so he could ‘play the hero’

In November 2021, Stephen Edward Oliphant claimed he found a suspicious device in a toilet basin at Wetherspoons pub The Hat and Feathers, in Seaham, County Durham. After raising the alarm and alerting police, the pub was evacuated and a Read More …

Kenya: Scare at British official’s home in Nairobi over ‘abandoned bomb’

There was a scare at the official Nairobi residence of a senior British High Commission official when security stumbled on an “abandoned bomb”. This was after the security at the residence of the First Secretary at the High Commission raised Read More …

North Carolina: Device found uptown ‘intentionally designed’ to look like explosive

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said they are investigating after a device that was “intentionally designed” to look like an explosive was found in uptown Charlotte Sunday. Investigators said they rendered it safe. CMPD said it received a call about a suspicious package Read More …