Cyprus: Improvised bomb found outside Kiti offices

An improvised bomb was discovered on Wednesday morning at the entrance of a real estate agency in Kiti, Larnaca district. According to the police, the device failed to detonate due to a material malfunction, according to police. No damage was Read More …

Ireland: Gardaí investigate pipe bomb attack on house in Limerick city

Gardaí are investigating a pipe bomb attack at a house in Limerick that is believed to be linked to a violent feud between rival groups on the south side of the city. Locals reported that the improvised explosive device exploded Read More …

India: 25 kg of IED in plastic container detected on Bijapur road

The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Sunday detected and destroyed 25 kilogram of IED planted by Maoists on the road near Dhan Mandi at a distance of 3 kilometre from Usur on the Usur-Awapalli main road in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. Read More …

Northern Ireland: ‘Improvised grenade’ recovered following Belfast security alert

Police remain at a property in Empire Street in south Belfast which was the focus of a security alert on Wednesday. The scene has been reduced and evacuated residents have returned home after a suspicious object, believed to be an Read More …

Connecticut: Homemade explosive devices found at Waterbury home after fatal blast

Inside the home where an explosion killed a man earlier this month, police found cardboard tubes, black powder and improvised explosive devices stored in a lunchbox, according to a search warrant application released Tuesday. Thomas Cianciola, 56, was seriously injured Read More …

Nigeria: Police arrest one suspect, recover IED in Kano

The Kano State Police Command has arrested one suspect and recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in connection with a suspected terrorist plot to attack the state. The mastermind of the plot, however, fled to neighboring Cameroon. Commissioner of Police Read More …

British Columbia: RCMP seize and dispose of improvised explosive device

A 42 year old man from Sooke is in custody after the Shawnigan Lake RCMP seized an improvised explosive device from a vehicle. On January 17, police received a report of a suspicious vehicle, but before it could be stopped Read More …

Connecticut: Fairfield police arrest two after homemade explosive incident

After a joint investigation involving local and federal law enforcement, two young adults have been arrested in connection with the construction and detonation of homemade explosive devices in Fairfield. On Dec. 1, at approximately 12:25 p.m., the Fairfield Police Department Read More …

Tennessee: Jonesborough man accused of bringing explosive device to jail charged

A Jonesborough man accused of bringing an improvised explosive device to jail has been charged, according to the Washington County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office. James Thomas Clay, 29, was arrested by the Johnson City Police Department on January 11 for various Read More …

Ukraine: Couple who made explosives for Dnipro 14 December attack detained

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police have detained two more suspects involved in the terrorist attack in Dnipro on 14 December 2024 which killed one and injured four people, including two police officers. The SSU reports Read More …

Nevada: Cybertruck driver used ChatGPT to plan Las Vegas attack

Police found a six-page manifesto on Matthew Livelsberger’s phone and said he used ChatGPT to plan his New Year’s Day bombing at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. A few of the entries posted in the application included “How Read More …

Sweden: Three arrested after explosion in Malmö

Three people in their 20s have been arrested after an explosion at a property near Valdemarsro in Malmö’s outskirts. Someone has placed some kind of homemade bomb, says Thomas Paulsson, officer on duty. No one was in the residence, a Read More …

Louisiana: New Orleans attacker likely used common explosive in bombs

Federal authorities believe Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired vehicular attack in New Orleans, used a common explosive compound in two homemade bombs that did not detonate, ATF Special Agent in Charge Joshua Jackson said Sunday. On Read More …

British Columbia: No arrests yet in connection with pipe bomb found just off popular North Kamloops walking trail

No arrests have been made in connection with a pipe bomb found this week just off a popular walking trail in North Kamloops, where some neighbours say they are feeling uneasy since the discovery. Emergency crews were called to a Read More …

Virginia: Homemade explosives found in stolen vehicle in Warren County, suspect arrested

A man from Arlington is facing charges after being found in Warren County with homemade explosive devices. On Jan. 1, officials received a report of a suspicious vehicle near Hillandale Road around 9:30 p.m. When deputies approached the driver, who Read More …

Louisiana: FBI shares photos of New Orleans attack suspect, wants to talk to anyone who saw IED coolers

FBI officials and local law enforcement officers want to talk to anyone who may have seen a blue cooler in the French Quarter in the hours before an attacker barreled a truck down Bourbon Street, killing 14 people on New Read More …

Louisiana: Bomb-making materials found at New Orleans Airbnb potentially tied to Bourbon Street terrorist

Bomb-making materials were reportedly found at a New Orleans Airbnb, as authorities investigate a possible connection to the truck-ramming terror attack that killed at least 15 people and injured over 30 others on Bourbon Street during a New Year’s celebration. Read More …

Washington D.C.: FBI releases new video and evidence in D.C. pipe bomb case, still unsolved 4 years later

In the four years since the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, federal investigators have amassed troves of evidence leading to the arrests of more than 1,500 defendants. Still, one key aspect of an event tied to that day remains Read More …

Virginia: FBI says it seized largest cache of “finished explosive devices” in its history

The FBI found the largest cache of “finished explosive devices” in the bureau’s history during the arrest of a Virginia man earlier this month, according to court documents. Federal prosecutors are seeking to keep the man, Brad Spafford, in custody Read More …

Pennsylvania: Homemade explosive found by police in McKeesport

A homemade explosive was found in McKeesport. Allegheny County dispatchers said police were called to the intersection of Evans Avenue and Versailles Avenue at 11:45 a.m. on Friday. The Allegheny County Bomb Squad arrived at around 1:40 p.m. Emergency crews Read More …