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A 42-year-old man has been convicted of manufacturing drugs and explosives at his home on Westgate End in Wakefield. Vladimir Madle was convicted of a total of 12 offences today, following a week long trial at Leeds Crown Court. He Read More …
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained seven people suspected of being members of a terrorist cell linked to Islamic State, the agency reported. A series of bombings was planned for Saturday, it said. The attacks were planned to Read More …
A Houston area woman who was angry with the government mailed explosive devices to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, former President Barack Obama and the Social Security Administration in Maryland, according to documents from the United States District Court for the Read More …
Innocuous items such as fertilisers, nail polish remover and even pepper can be combined in a deadly concoction to make home-made explosives (HMEs). This was just some of the information shared during a one-day workshop organised by Certified Counter Terrorism Read More …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded funding to four research and development (R&D) projects that will improve the threat detection capabilities of current X-ray technologies for passenger X-ray baggage systems. These projects will be managed Read More …
Two bombs exploded at a school in Cannes, France, this afternoon, sparking panicked evacuations. The explosion occurred at Bristol High School in the city, located in the south of France, at around 3pm local time (2pm GMT). Police found plastic bottles Read More …
A would-be bomber bought the wrong type of nail varnish remover to make an explosive, a court has heard. Munir Mohammed enlisted chemist Rowaida El-Hassan, who he met on a dating website, to help him make a bomb or a Read More …
Triacetone triperoxide (TATP) is a powerful explosive without military use because it is very sensitive to mechanical shock and so very difficult to safely handling, a reason for which terrorists dubbed TATP “the Mother of Satan”. TATP is easily prepared Read More …
A whopping 44 out of 50 fingerprints found on explosive devices and other evidence from last year’s bombings in NY and NJ are linked to Ahmad Rahimi, an FBI fingerprint expert told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday. FBI forensic analyst Read More …
The Department of Justice released details of a thwarted terror plot to attack New York City during the summer of 2016 on Friday. Three men, who were arrested in 2016 and 2017, planned to detonate bombs in Times Square and Read More …
A man was arrested Thursday night for allegedly attempting to bring several bags of TATP explosives onto a plane departing from Landvetter airport in Sweden. TATP, also known as the “Mother of Satan,” has been used in several terror attacks Read More …
Five people are in custody after an apparent failed bomb attempt in an upmarket district of Paris. Police were alerted by a member of the public about suspicious activity in a building in the Porte d’Auteuil neighbourhood on Saturday. Authorities Read More …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
Malaysia’s police have arrested three people suspected of being involved in activities related to the Islamic State (IS) terror group. This included a man who was said to have received instructions from Mahmud Ahmad, now Malaysia’s most wanted terrorist, and Read More …
Authorities are seriously concerned over the recent assessment of what has been classified as a remote controlled explosive device. That device, though not fully assembled, was reportedly handed over to Corozal Police sometime late last week. The device was then Read More …
French police unearthed a second stash of explosive materials near Paris on Thursday after a similar find in a nearby suburb on Wednesday, a justice official said as three suspects were questioned by anti-terrorism investigators. Thursday’s swoop was carried out Read More …
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 …