India: Over 150 injured in fireworks accident at Kerala temple

A tragic fireworks accident during the Moolamkuzhi Chamundi Theyyam festival at Anjootambalam Veerarkavu Temple near Neeleswaram left more than 150 people injured late Monday night. The police on Tuesday said that10 out of 150 injured people are in serious condition. Read More …

Florida: Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Casino partially evacuated after 2 “crude” explosive devices found

Two explosive devices were discovered hidden at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday and Monday, prompting partial evacuations, the police said Monday. The devices were deactivated and removed from the premises, the Seminole Police Department said Read More …

New York: District attorney’s office staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter

A paralegal at a New York City district attorney’s office has been arrested after he attempted to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Police said Derek Read More …

Philippines: 19 law enforcement officers wounded in firecracker disposal explosion in Zamboanga City

A total of 19 law enforcers from various agencies were injured, with five severely wounded, when a firecracker disposal operation turned tragic. A report from the Police Regional Office in Zamboanga Peninsula revealed that around 5:35 PM on July 8, Read More …

Cyprus: Two brothers arrested in Limassol for explosives, cannabis

Police in Limassol have taken into custody two brothers after finding firecrackers and improvised explosive devices in a house in Ypsonas. The two, aged 24 and 29, were arrested late on Monday afternoon after police conducted a search of their Read More …

UK: Riot police attacked by ‘hostile’ crowd in Auchinleck

Riot police officers came under attack from a “hostile” crowd during large-scale disorder in an East Ayrshire village. One officer had to be taken to hospital for treatment after being hit by a firework as trouble flared in Auchinleck on Read More …

Washington: 16-year-old boy tells therapist he made three homemade bombs, threatens to use them at Cheney Public Schools

A 16-year-old boy is in custody after creating three homemade bombs and threatening to use them at the WIN Academy in Cheney. The boy told an INBH therapist that one of the bombs he made was at his girlfriends house, Read More …

UK: Night violence in Niddrie and Glasgow was organised, say police

Eight police officers have been injured in what police described as organised Bonfire Night clashes in Scotland. The most serious disorder took place in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh, where a group of 50 youths threw fireworks and petrol bombs Read More …

Florida: Man hid firework mortars with shrapnel attached inside Eustis home before assaulting woman

Lake County deputies said a man who fled after assaulting a woman in Eustis on Sunday hid improvised explosive devices inside the home before he left. The sheriff’s Office said David Flores, 37, was taken into custody early Wednesday in Read More …

Northern Ireland: Two police officers injured in fireworks incident in Enniskillen

A police officer suffered concussion and another was treated in hospital after a firework was aimed in their direction in Enniskillen on Thursday. It happened as officers responded to a report about young people throwing fireworks at Hollyhill Link Road. Read More …