California: At least 17 hurt in explosion during LAPD detonation of illegal fireworks

A major explosion in South Los Angeles on Wednesday evening damaged buildings and injured at least 17 people, including police officers, as a bomb squad attempted to safely detonate improvised explosive devices that had been seized from a home along Read More …

CISA And FBI Launch Operation Flashpoint To Raise Awareness About How To Prevent Bomb Making

CLINTON, Miss. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a new pilot program today called “Operation Flashpoint” to build awareness in communities across Read More …

UK: Explosives arrest after substances found in Lincolnshire

A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing explosive substances after the bomb squad were called and people evacuated from homes in Lincolnshire. A controlled explosion was carried out on the unknown substance found by police at a house Read More …

India: Two ‘pipe bombs’ recovered from cement factory in Tirunelveli

Tension prevailed in Shankar Nagar on the outskirts of Tirunelveli city after two suspected ‘pipe bombs’ were recovered from the premises of a private cement factory around Tuesday midnight. Police suspect that it was the handiwork of a few terminated Read More …

Washington: “Fake Bomb” Suspect Also Had An Actual Ied And Gun Powder To Make It Work

Police say John Spradlin, the suspect found on Monday to be in possession of a realistic looking but fake explosive device in Port Angeles, was also in possession of an actual IED and the explosive powder needed to make it Read More …

Iowa: Johnston man charged with making improvised explosive found earlier this month in Ankeny

Federal authorities say a Johnston man has been charged in connection to an improvised explosive found and disarmed in Ankeny earlier this month. Chad Allen Williams, 46, was arrested Friday and is charged with unlawful manufacture and possession of an Read More …

Alaska: EOD Team Dispose of Pipe Bomb Found in Wasilla

Troopers report that they received a report of an unexploded device near mile 14 of South Knik Road on Sunday afternoon. Troopers in turn reported the explosive device to the FBI and an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team was deployed to Read More …

Manchester Arena Inquiry: Bomber ‘should have been identified as a threat’

Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat on the night of the atrocity by those in charge of security, a public inquiry into the 2017 attack has found. Inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders found Read More …

Rome: IED Discovered, Destroyed In Front of Stadio Olimpico Ahead of 2020 Euro Game

The homemade bomb was allegedly reported as a suspicious-looking package on a car in the Prati area, just a couple of miles from the stadium. According to Italian news outlet Il Messaggero, it was a “machine with some suspicious threads” Read More …

Washington: Man loses arm, 6-year-old girl hurt in homemade bomb explosion in Port Hadlock

A Port Hadlock man lost an arm and a 6-year-old girl sustained head injuries in an explosion Tuesday night in Port Hadlock, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives called to the scene of multiple explosions in the 700 Read More …

One Dead, Ohio Man Explodes Garage after Making IED Explosive to Sell for Lawnmower

According to the sheriff’s department, the 55-year-old who lived on 1300 block of Clay Street in Jefferson Township was caught in the explosion. Deputies were called to the location on May 24 shortly after the explosion happened, when they arrived Read More …

Philippines: Man arrested after 53 sacks of explosive chemicals, bomb-making materials seized

Police arrested a man and seized a large volume of explosive chemicals and materials for bomb-making during a raid Saturday morning in an island town of Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay, according to official. Col. Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay Provincial Police Office Read More …

B.C. man who robbed Edmonton banks with homemade explosives faces sentencing next month

A bank robber who blew up homemade bombs at two Edmonton branches three years ago, injuring four armed guards, could face up to life in prison. Last Tuesday in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench, 40-year-old Justin Byron pleaded guilty to Read More …

Arizona: Sierra Vista Police: Man arrested following alleged explosion

The Sierra Vista Police Department made an arrest following an alleged explosion. On May 17, 35-year-old James Jaggers III of Sierra Vista was taken into custody after officers and state explosive experts discovered suspected remains of an explosive device, and Read More …

Northern Ireland: Policing committee hears call for information following pipe bomb incident in Tuam

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The county joint policing committee has heard calls for anyone who may have information regarding the recent pipe bomb incident in Tuam to come forward in confidence to Gardaí. Local area councillor Colm Keaveney appealed Read More …

West Bengal: Boy killed in crude bomb explosion in Birbhum district

An 11-year-old boy was killed when a crude bomb exploded in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Sunday, police said. The bomb was kept in a box near a canal in Khatipur village and the boy accidentally came in contact with Read More …

UK: Cambridge student jailed for exploding parcel postal fraud

A student who sent packages with improvised explosive devices through the post as part of a plot to get fraudulent refunds has been jailed. Ovidijus Margelis, from Cambridge, sent the packages to depots around the UK, causing evacuations, road closures Read More …