Home-made bomb delivered to Hong Kong police chief’s office in envelope

Hong Kong’s police chief received an improvised explosive device at his headquarters on Monday, though no one was injured and evacuation was deemed unnecessary. At an afternoon press briefing, police said the attack represented an “open challenge” and warned against Read More …

Man ‘caught making a bomb’ in sleepy East Yorkshire village

Wayne Rendle, 34, of Nettleton Garth in Burstwick, East Yorkshire has been sent for trial at Hull Crown Court accused of possession of cannabis, making an improvised explosive device, criminal damage and possession of an improvised explosive device. He will appear Read More …

California: ‘Cricket Bomb’ Found Outside Lathrop Senior Center

An improvised explosive device was discovered and dealt with in Lathrop on Thursday, authorities say. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office says they got a call late in the morning about a suspicious device near the picnic tables outside the Read More …

The Oklahoma City Bombing: Its Aftermath and the Evolution of Soft Target Protection

Twenty-five years ago, a truck bomb detonated in front of a federal building, killing at least 168 people and injuring more than 680 people. How did enterprise security change after the event? At 9:02 a.m., on the morning of April Read More …

Russian FSB detains teenager suspected of plotting school attack

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it had detained a teenager suspected of preparing an armed attack on a school in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. A sawn-off shotgun with ammunition, improvised explosive devices, communications equipment and personal Read More …

Germany arrests IS suspects plotting attacks on US bases

German police have arrested four suspected members of the “Islamic State” militant group, for allegedly planning attacks on US military bases. The suspects were also said to be plotting to assassinate an individual. German prosecutors on Wednesday said four men Read More …

Government’s response to virus spurred would-be bomber in Missouri, FBI says

A Missouri man who investigators say was planning to bomb a Kansas City-area hospital was distressed by the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis and motivated by racial, religious and anti-government animus, according to newly unsealed court documents. Timothy Wilson, Read More …

Texas: Man arrested after officials find pipe bomb in his Universal City motel room

A man has been arrested after officials found a pipe bomb and other explosive materials in his Universal City motel room. Bexar County Fire Marshal Deputies, along with Universal City Police, executed an arrest warrant at the Super 8 Motel Read More …

Russia: Militant plotting terrorist attack killed in Murmansk

Law enforcement officers in the Russian city of Murmansk have eliminated a militant who planned to carry out a terrorist attack, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement. “Last night, the Federal Security Service (FSB) located an armed militant Read More …

Television series inspired Adelaide man to make his own weapons from hardware, court told

A South Australian man became inspired to try and make his own weapons — including explosive devices and a deadly toxin — after watching a television show, a court has heard. Benjamin John Whitehouse pleaded guilty to possessing a sawn-off Read More …

Burkina Faso bomb kills 3 soldiers

A homemade bomb killed three paramilitary gendarmes and wounded three more Sunday in northwest Burkina Faso, security sources said. The attack on the patrol happened at Gomboro, in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, a security source told AFP. The injured Read More …

FBI agents kill man allegedly plotting bomb attack on hospital amid coronavirus pandemic

A man fatally injured by the FBI was planning a bomb attack on a medical facility in the Kansas City area, the agency said in a news release on Wednesday. Timothy Wilson, 36, was injured on Tuesday when FBI agents served a Read More …

India: 3 arrested in connection with IED blast in Manipur

Three persons have been arrested in connection with an IED explosion near a BSF camp in Manipur’s Thoubal district, police said on Monday. Explosives weighing 2.5 kg, seven detonators, a remote control device, a dry battery, three mobile phones and Read More …

Ireland: Quarry searched and three arrested in dissident pipe bomb probe

Gardai were continuing to search a quarry last night where it is suspected pipe bombs were being made by dissident Republicans. The search operation at a rural location on the Carlow/Kildare border follows the arrest of three men today by Read More …

UK: Brother of Manchester Arena bomber guilty of 22 counts of murder

Hashem Abedi denied involvement, but his DNA and fingerprints were found at the flat where the explosives were made. The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been found guilty of 22 charges of murder. Hashem Abedi, 22, conspired with Read More …

2017 Parsons Green bomb injured 69, say British Transport Police

The number of people injured in the Parsons Green bomb attack has risen to 69, according to new police figures. Previously, 51 victims were thought to have suffered cuts and burns when Ahmed Hassan’s homemade device partially detonated on a District line train at the Read More …

Another arrest as police continue their investigation into suspicious device found in a car in Luton

Officers have searched four properties in Newcastle and another man has been arrested as police continue the investigation into a suspicious device found in a vehicle in Luton. At around 7.20am on Friday, March 6, police were called to reports Read More …

Hong Kong police seize homemade bombs and arrest 17

Hong Kong authorities say they have seized “significant quantities of homemade explosives” and arrested more than a dozen people in raids across the city. The pre-dawn raids on Sunday were in connection with an alleged campaign to get the government to Read More …

Gaza militants target Israel with party balloons bearing bombs

The moment Merav Hania’s daughter stopped loving kindergarten came when a cluster of colorful orbs floated toward her playground during recess. “Balloons!” said a pleased young Emma, her mother recalled. But another child, one who had heard the warnings from Read More …