India: Two juveniles among 4 held for hurling crude bombs in Chennai

Four individuals, including two juveniles, were arrested for hurling a crude country bomb at a textiles showroom in Old Washermenpet over a dispute on Wednesday. However, the suspects told police that they had mistakenly targeted an adjacent shop instead of Read More …

India: Pressure bomb planted by Maoists defused in Odisha

A day after a tribal youth was found killed by Maoists in Kandhamal’s Badipanga village, SOG and CRPF jawans recovered a pressure bomb reportedly planted by the ultras in nearby Kotagarh forest on Tuesday. While the security personnel were combing Read More …

Ontario: One person injured by homemade explosive in Algonquin Highlands

The Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a residence in Algonquin Highlands after receiving a report of a serious injury caused by explosive material. On May 24, 2024, at approximately 5:04 p.m., police were called Read More …

Ireland: Suspect device discovered in Drogheda

The device was removed from the scene and has been sent to Forensic Science Ireland for further analysis. The Army Bomb Disposal Team was called to the scene of a suspect device in Drogheda yesterday. The discovery was made at Read More …

Cameroon: Bar explosion kills one in the English-speaking Northwest region

At least one person was killed late Saturday when a makeshift bomb exploded in a crowded bar in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, according to local and security sources. An army official told Xinhua that the improvised explosive device Read More …

North Carolina: Bombmaking Instructor Who Taught How to Kill Law Enforcement Sentenced to 25 Years

RALEIGH, N.C. – Christopher Arthur, 40, was sentenced today to a total of 300 months’ imprisonment for teaching another individual how to make and use an explosive knowing that the individual intended to use that instruction in the murder or Read More …

Illinois Man Arrested With Bombs Posted Right-Wing Content

Just after 3 a.m. last Friday, a Pekin police officer pulled over a car for a traffic violation, according to an affidavit. Dalton Mattus, 34, was a passenger inside the vehicle, and police say they found a canvas bag under Read More …

UK: Man caught with homemade explosive device sparking evacuation jailed

A man who built a homemade explosive forcing around 60 people to flee their homes has been jailed for 30 months. Christopher Scarr was caught with the device in a cupboard at the property in Glasgow’s Springburn on April 17, Read More …

UK: Man jailed after ammunition and explosive material found at East London address

Ricky Anderson, 45 (09.08.78) of Beechwood Drive, Woodford Green appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday, 9 May where he was sentenced to a total of five years in prison for firearm offences. Anderson was also given a five year Read More …

Michigan: Grant Man Charged With Transporting Explosive And Possessing A Destructive Device

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Luke Isaac Terpstra, a 30-year-old resident of Grant, Michigan, has been charged with transporting an explosive with the intent to kill, injure, or Read More …

Thailand: Two Malaysians injured in bomb blast in Narathiwat

Two Malaysian women were among four individuals injured in a bomb blast in the city of Narathiwat last night (May 6). The Consul General of Malaysia in Songkhla Ahmad Fahmi Ahmad Sarkawi said both the women from Tumpat, Kelantan suffered Read More …

Ireland: Man arrested for carrying ‘improvised explosive device’ in Finglas

A Dublin man arrested for carrying an “improvised explosive device” close to his home believed there was a “viable” threat to his safety, a court has heard. Sammy Hutch (48) of Cardiffsbridge Avenue, Finglas, was remanded in custody on Thursday. Read More …

Russia: Two police officers killed in militant attack in North Caucasus

Two police officers have been killed and another four suffered wounds in a militant attack on a traffic police unit in Russia’s Karachay-Circassian Region in the North Caucasus, the regional branch of the Interior Ministry said in a statement. According Read More …

UK: Explosive device found at Liverpool flat after police raid

An explosive was found at a flat after a street was evacuated, police have confirmed. Merseyside Police said an “improvised explosive device” was found following a raid in Ellis Place, Liverpool, after a bomb disposal team attended on Friday afternoon. Read More …

UK: Weapons-obsessed man found guilty over explosion at his Bedfordshire home

A man whose obsession with weaponry once led him to ask to throw a grenade on the children’s television programme Jim’ll Fix It has been found guilty of causing an explosion in his home. Matthew Haydon, 48, sustained wounds to Read More …

Massachusetts: Man arrested, accused of throwing pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Salem

An Oklahoma man was arrested Wednesday after authorities accused him of throwing a pipe bomb at the Massachusetts headquarters of a group called The Satanic Temple. Surveillance cameras showed a man walk up to the building soon after 4 a.m. Read More …

Belgium: Explosive devices thrown at homes in Antwerp Province

Explosive devices were thrown at homes at three locations in Antwerp Province on Monday night. Houses in the Antwerp districts of Merksem and Borgerhout were attacked, as was a house in the municipality of Boom, around 16 kilometres south of Read More …

Ontario: Police search home after man injured with explosive

Police searched a residence just east of downtown Guelph Monday after a man hurt himself with a homemade explosive device. On Sunday morning, officers were called to Guelph General Hospital about a 27-year-old man who was being treated for hand Read More …

Nepal: Little-known armed group detonates ‘pressure cooker bomb’ at Ncell tower in Sindhuli

A ‘pressure cooker bomb’ was exploded at the Ncell Tower located in Kamalamai Municipality-4 of Sindhuli. According to the police, the explosion occurred at around 1 o’clock on Wednesday night. Superintendent of Police (SP) Binod Sharma of the District Police Read More …

Israel: Police thwart attempt to blow up Jerusalem’s light rail, four suspects arrested

Detectives from the Jerusalem District Police, together with Jerusalem Border Police personnel, arrested four suspects from east Jerusalem, aged 15-16, who made multiple pipe bombs and placed them under a light rail station in Jerusalem. The police became aware of Read More …