Australia: Launceston police taskforce seize homemade explosive, guns, drugs and cash

A homemade explosive device and $86,000 worth of cash are among the latest items seized by a Northern taskforce targeting illegal guns. On Monday the Launceston Firearms Taskforce carried out a search warrant at a South Launceston address. Here, police Read More …

Missouri: “Homemade” explosives found at Callaway County conservation area

Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies say they found two objects that were determined to be explosive related, at the McCredie Lake Conservation Area on Wednesday. According to a release from Sheriff Clay Chism, deputies responded to a “suspicious incident” around 6:50 Read More …

Michigan high school student accidentally sets off homemade bomb, injuring 6

Six individuals have been reportedly injured when a Michigan student accidentally set off a homemade explosive system inside a classroom on Monday morning. The 16-year-old student who detonated the system, 4 different college students and a trainer have been all Read More …

Ireland: Garda swoop uncovers makeshift ‘bomb-making’ factory in Drogheda

Gardaí investigating feuding gangs in Drogheda have uncovered a makeshift bomb-making factory in a house in the town. Two pipe bombs, gun powder and a large quantity of firearms ammunition were seized in a house in the Rosevale Estate late Read More …

North Carolina: Search warrants show how police connected man to explosive devices found around Brevard

Newly-obtained search warrants and a probable cause affidavit are shedding light on how police were able to connect a man to more than a dozen explosive devices found around downtown Brevard in March. It all started the morning of Sunday, Read More …

Ohio: Improvised explosive devices found in Akron near railroad tracks

Authorities are investigating after two improvised explosive devices were found within a week of each other in Akron. Both were found near railroad tracks and not too far from homeless encampments. Authorities said only one device was functional and they Read More …

South Carolina: Ongoing investigation in Darlington County led to ‘explosive material’ arrest in Myrtle Beach

Court documents provide new information on what authorities found inside a Myrtle Beach apartment complex that led to an ‘explosive material’ arrest. According to an affidavit, the Myrtle Beach Police Department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division were called Read More …

Russia’s FSB thwarts terrorist attack on law enforcement officers in Stavropol region

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a terrorist attack on law enforcement officers in the Stavropol region, the FSB said in a statement on Monday. “The Federal Security Service, the Investigative Committee and the Interior Ministry have thwarted a Read More …

India: Pressure cooker bombs seized from Maoist in Charla mandal

The Charla police on Thursday claimed to have seized a pressure cooker bomb from a Maoist militia member and defused another pressure cooker bomb allegedly planted by the local militia members of the outlawed organisation near a stream in Rallapuram Read More …

Russia’s FSB thwarts terror plot by IS member in Tver Region

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terror plot targeting a fuel and energy industry facility by a member of the Islamic State, he resisted detention and was eliminated, the FSB Public Relations Center told TASS Thursday. According Read More …

MIT grad found dead in Chicago home surrounded by bomb making material

A 30-year-old MIT graduate has been found dead in an apartment in Chicago surrounded by equipment that could be used to make bombs, authorities have said. Theodore Hilk was found dead in an apartment in Streeterville, in downtown Chicago, Illinois, Read More …

Man with gun, explosives arrested at Kentucky hospital, police say

A man who police say was in possession of several guns and improvised explosive devices was arrested March 25 at University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington, reports the Louisville Courier Journal. UK police received a tip from Read More …

Russia: Teenager plotting to kill classmates detained in Sochi

The Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a student of a lyceum in Sochi, who plotted an attack on his classmates using an explosive device, the FSB Public Relations Center told TASS on Wednesday. “Following a search effort, the FSB Read More …

India: Crude bombs recovered in Murshidabad, Bengal

A bucket of crude bombs has been recovered in Murshidabad. This right ahead of the polls in West Bengal. The Raghunathganj Police reached the spot to try and defuse the crude bombs. Investigation is currently underway. This comes just a Read More …

North Carolina: Man arrested in Brevard explosives case

Police have made an arrest after finding more than a dozen explosives scattered around the city of Brevard on Sunday. Terry Lee Barham, 64, of Brevard, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon and taken to the Transylvania County Jail, where Read More …

New Hampshire: Salem Police Provide Update on Charges Following Pipe Bomb Incident Investigation

Chief Joel Dolan and the Salem Police Department wish to provide an update following an incident on Friday involving alleged pipe bombs. During a motor vehicle stop on Pelham Road at approximately 5:20 p.m. on Friday, police came upon what Read More …

FBI releases new video of suspected pipe bomber walking near RNC and DNC headquarters

The FBI has released new surveillance video of the person suspected of placing pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee in January. The footage, which the FBI released Tuesday along with a Read More …

Michigan student accidentally detonates homemade explosive device in classroom

A Michigan high school student accidentally detonated a homemade explosive device he brought to school Monday morning, injuring himself and four of his classmates, police said. Officers from the Newaygo Police Department responded to Newaygo High School in west-central Michigan Read More …

India: 40 bombs seized in Andhra Pradesh

Recovery of a large number of country-made bombs and lethal weapons on Thursday created a flutter at Golla Kanchili in Knachili mandal in Srikakulam district. The police, during a cordon and search operation, recovered 40 bombs, liquor bottles, stones and Read More …

Russia: FSB foils terror attack on power facility in Kaliningrad Region

The Federal Security Service (FSB) has apprehended a Russian national plotting a terror attack on a power facility in the Kaliningrad Region out of hatred for authorities, the FSB press office told TASS on Thursday. “The Federal Security Service has Read More …