Cambodia: First Police DNA laboratory inaugurated in Phnom Penh

The first National Police DNA laboratory was officially inaugurated in Phnom Penh yesterday, providing an important tool in solving crimes. The inauguration was presided over by National Police Chief General Sar Thet. Gen Thet said the DNA laboratory was established Read More …

Netherlands: Explosions and bomb threats investigated across Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout

Authorities are investigating a series of explosions and the discovery of an explosive device in three Dutch towns over consecutive nights, raising concerns about public safety. Police have linked the incidents in Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout, and are calling for Read More …

India: Man uses IED in parcel to target ex-wife’s brother, injures relative

Panic gripped the Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad when a parcel exploded at a residence, leaving one person injured. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the blast was a result of a family feud. The explosion occurred at Shivam Row House around Read More …

ADF Specialised facility counters IED threats

Gallipoli Barracks was recently the scene for an inspection of one of the ADFs new level two counter-IED weapons technical intelligence (L2 WTI) laboratories being delivered by Project Land 154-2 in association with the Defence Science and Technology Group. Each Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Police hosts workshop on IED data management, post blast operation

A One-day training program on IED data management and post blast investigation was organized by Zonal Police Kashmir at PCR Kashmir in collaboration with officials of National Security Guards. The training program was inaugurated by IGP Kashmir & was attended Read More …

Ukraine: Explosion in Central Dnipro, one dead, police officers injured

Dnipro Oblast Police reported that one person was killed and several others injured in the explosion, including two police officers who were hospitalized. The explosion occurred on Dec. 14 at approximately 2:45 p.m. A police investigative team, explosives experts, a Read More …

Exercise Solar Wind Vi 2024 – Post-Blast Investigations Exercise In Brunei

A post-blast investigations (PBI) training exercise codenamed “Exercise Solar Wind VI” was held in Brunei from 4 to 7 November 2024. The exercise was jointly conducted by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), supported Read More …

Greece: Athens blast caused by home-made bomb, guerrillas suspected

A deadly explosion in an Athens apartment on Thursday was caused by a home-made bomb and authorities suspect it could be linked to local guerrilla groups, police and Greek officials said on Friday. Two guns, bullets, mobile phones and digital Read More …

Utah: Kaysville Police called to detonate pipe bomb near school

The Kaysville Police Department responded to a call involving a homemade explosive near an elementary school Saturday afternoon, which ended up being a pipe bomb. The suspicious homemade firework or pipe bomb was located on the southeast side of Endeavour Read More …

India: ‘Foul smell, crude bomb material’, what investigators found at Delhi CRPF School blast site

The Delhi police said on Sunday that they found a foul smell at the blast site outside CRPF School in the national capital. The blast destroyed the school’s wall and shattered window panes on its premises. The Delhi police said Read More …

Thailand: Three cars damaged in bombing of checkpoint in Yala

Southern insurgents threw a pipe bomb at a road checkpoint in Muang district of Yala province Thursday night, causing damage to three cars. None of the officers or defence volunteers at the checkpoint, on the out-bound lane, were injured. A car Read More …

Northern Ireland: Hoax bomb accused takes legal action in bid to stop police accessing mobile phone material

A Co Tyrone man accused of buying parts for a hoax bomb left outside a police station is taking High Court action in a bid to stop detectives extracting messages and photos from his mobile phone. Sean Pearson claims the Read More …

Teaching art of Counter-IED: EU facility looks ahead after first decade

A deployable military facility to help counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is celebrating 10 years of operations in the Netherlands. First conceived during multinational land operations in Afghanistan, the Joint Deployable Exploitation and Analysis Laboratory (JDEAL) has trained more than Read More …

Cyprus: Police probe linked bomb attacks

Police are investigating a series of linked bomb attacks that have occurred in Nicosia, Larnaca, and Limassol in recent weeks. Investigators believe the same person is responsible for all four incidents, based on an analysis of improvised explosive devices found Read More …

Ontario: IED Investigation in Niagara Falls – Update 1

This incident remains under investigation by officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara on the Lake) detective office. Following the execution of a search warrant on Thursday September 5, 2024 at the home, a male Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Police To Strengthen Law Enforcement With 64,000 Investigation Kits and Bomb Disposal Vehicles

The Jammu and Kashmir Police are set to acquire more than 64,000 advanced investigation kits for police stations across the Union Territory, along with two specialised vehicles for the Bomb Disposal Squad, according to officials. The initiative aims to boost Read More …

Pakistan: National Workshop on Evolving responses to Countering IEDs in terrorism-related offences through downstream network disruption

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, in collaboration with the National Action to Counter Terrorism (NACTA) and with financial support from the U.S. Embassy’s Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), organized a three-day National Workshop Read More …

U.S. Army CID Partners with Polish Police in Poznań for Blast-Scene Evidence Workshop

POZNAŃ, Poland – Special Agents of the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division recently participated in a trailblazing post-blast investigation workshop with Polish law enforcement partners. From June 26-27, 2024, the Eastern Europe Resident Agency, part of Army CID’s Read More …

Pennsylvania: Details on the improvised bombs in gunman’s car at Trump rally released to law enforcement departments

The two devices in the car owned by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa., were almost identical in construction, according to the task force’s report. Each contained a cardboard tube filled with a gray powder that was described by Read More …

NCIA supports counter-terrorism efforts

“Everyday things that look peaceful could be used as a weapon.” Locating and disposing of explosive devices in a safe manner is one challenge, identifying and eliminating the threat is another. Scientists from NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) have Read More …