Police arrest man on suspicion of manufacturing explosives in Burnham

Police have executed warrants in Burnham today (Thursday) as part of an investigation into the possession of explosives. Thames Valley Police (TVP) raided a property in The Fairway at 11am this morning, and conducted operations at the London Clancy Industrial Warehouse site off Read More …

Two men charged after Leicester explosives find

Two men have been charged following a police raid in which explosives were discovered at a property in Leicester. A 27-year-old man from the city has been accused of manufacturing explosives under suspicious circumstances. A 51-year-old man, also from Leicester, Read More …

Build your own bomb: How Amazon’s algorithm helps suggest explosive recipes

Amazon is linking potential bomb-making components under the “frequently bought together” tab, guiding its users to all the ingredients required to make an incendiary device. The simple products are widely available in shops too, but Amazon’s algorithm recommends product combinations. Read More …

Scotland Yard say they’re ‘chasing down suspects’ after public send them dozens of photos of the ‘crude’ bucket bomb

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley has said ‘hundreds’ of officers are currently ‘trawling through CCTV’ in a desperate bid to close in on the ‘suspects’ involved in the Parsons Green bomb. Rowley said Met Police had embarked on a complex investigation Read More …

Viable suicide vest found in rubble of Spain attackers’ bomb factory

The terror cell that killed 15 people and injured more than 130 in north-east Spain last week had created a suicide vest packed with viable explosives and were in the process of making several more when a blast ripped through their bomb Read More …

Police: IS ‘commander’ directed plane bomb plot in Australia

 A commander in Islamic State ordered a group of Australian men to build a bomb destined for an Etihad Airways flight departing from Sydney, police have said. The improvised explosive device was intended to be smuggled on to a flight Read More …

Royal Marine terror bomb maker Ciaran Maxwell jailed for 18 years

A terrorist who infiltrated the British military and supplied bombs to dissident Irish republicans has been jailed for 18 years. Ex-Royal Marine Ciaran Maxwell made 43 purpose-built hides across England and Northern Ireland, in which he stashed anti-personnel mines, mortars, Read More …

Australian plane bomb plotters ‘planned to use meat mincer filled with explosives’

Four Australian-Lebanese men accused of plotting to bring down a plane planned to use poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a meat mincer, reports say. The men, who were arrested in raids in Sydney on Saturday night, are not thought Read More …

Sydney terror raids ‘disrupted’ plot to bring down plane, Malcolm Turnbull says

Authorities in Sydney have seized material that could be used to make an improvised bomb, as investigations continue into an alleged terror plot to bring down a plane. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull this morning confirmed raids carried out in Sydney Read More …

Queensland specialist police called out to record numbers of home-made explosives

Specialist police are being called to deal with a soaring number of home-made explosives in Queensland. Calls for help to the Explosive Ordnance Response Team increased by 63 per cent from 2005 to 2011 and almost 160 per cent from 2012 to Read More …

Newtown man charged with making pipe bombs

June 16, 2017 A man who called police about his car being vandalized was charged this week with making pipe bombs. Larry Bailey, 65, had called police in March claiming that his car had been vandalized and that a former Read More …