Michigan: Pipe bombs found in abandoned vehicle in Saginaw

Authorities discovered pipe bombs in an abandoned vehicle in Saginaw this week thanks, in part, to an explosive-sniffing K9, according to the Saginaw Police Department. A Saginaw officer and police dog were dispatched Monday, May 19 to Mike’s Wrecker, located Read More …

Guyana: Home-made explosive device rips off police outpost gate

An improvised explosive device early Saturday morning knocked off the back gate of the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost hurling it several feet away, police said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Deputy Police Commissioner Wendell Blanhum told Demerara Waves Online Read More …

Idaho: Boise police discover explosive devices during drug investigation

Boise police officers discovered multiple suspected improvised explosive devices while serving a search warrant related to a narcotics investigation, according to a Facebook post by the Boise Police Department. The discovery occurred on Alfred Court when Neighborhood Contact Officers initially Read More …

British Columbia: Nanaimo man charged after loaded handgun, pipe bomb seized

A 51-year-old Nanaimo man is facing multiple firearms-related charges after police say he was arrested with a loaded handgun and later found to have a pipe bomb and multiple firearms at home. James Newstead was arrested without incident the night Read More …

Israel: IED near gas tanks on Saadia Gaon Street in Haifa

Coastal District police from the Haifa station, together with a police sapper, recently located an explosive device near gas cylinders on a criminal background in a residential building on Saadia Gaon Street in Haifa, and are currently working to neutralize Read More …

India: IED defused in Haryana

An improvised explosive device (IED) recovered during a counter-terror operation in Sector 39 on Thursday night has been safely defused by a bomb squad from the Indian Army’s Western Command, based in Chandimandir. The 2-kg device, believed to contain RDX, Read More …

Ireland: 20 pipe bombs and €190k of cannabis seized by gardaí in Co Louth

Gardaí seized €190,000 of cannabis and 20 pipe bombs as part of a search in Ardee, Co Louth, on Tuesday. The search was part of an intelligence-led operation linked to the seizure of the cannabis. During the course of the Read More …

Ireland: Drone carrying pipe bomb crashes in botched Dublin feud attack

A drone carrying a pipe bomb crashed at a house in a north Dublin suburb in the early hours of Monday. The drone was being flown by one criminal faction to target another when the intended attack went wrong. Detectives Read More …

Brazilian police arrest 2 suspects over alleged plot targeting Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio

Two individuals were arrested in connection with an alleged planned attack targeting Lady Gaga’s free concert on Copacabana Beach, Brazilian Civil Police confirmed. The suspects – one adult male detained in Rio Grande do Sul and a teenager arrested in Read More …

Myanmar: Security forces neutralize terrorist IEDs in Monywa operation

PDF terrorists intentionally exploded townships, villages, wards, roads and bridges, aiming to impose difficulties and fear among the public. The dutiful people reported to the security force members regarding the homemade mines planted at Monywa (South) Jetty (Monywa-Nyaungbingyi Jetty) in Read More …

India: Six-year-old girl injured in bomb explosion in Bihar’s Patna

A six-year-old girl was injured after two crude bombs exploded in Bihar’s capital Patna, police said on Sunday. “Police received a call that two bombs exploded in Bakarganj locality around 9 pm on Saturday. Pirbahore Police Station personnel reached the Read More …

Austria: Life Sentence for Styrian Bomb Maker

A 56-year-old Styrian was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday at the Graz Regional Criminal Court for several bombs he had built and placed at the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The IT technician had actually intended to kill his ex-wife, he confessed Read More …

Oregon: Man arrested after explosions rattle southeast Salem neighborhood

A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a series of explosions in a southeast Salem neighborhood. The first explosion was reported on Wed., April 23 around 2:30 a.m. According to the Salem police department, investigators found damage to a Read More …

Northern Ireland: Deadly explosive device found in Belfast ‘could have killed local family’

A blast bomb thrown at a family home in Belfast last weekend could have killed, the Sunday World has been told. The explosive device – found in the garden of a property in Cluanbeg Drive on the loyalist Rathcoole estate Read More …

Philippines: 6 Central Mindanao terrorist bomb makers surrender to Army

Six more members of two now defunct terror groups, all experts in fabrication of home-made bombs, had surrendered to an Army unit and pledged allegiance to the government. Major Gen. Donald Guimiran, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, told Read More …

Utah: 71 explosive devices, bomb-making materials found in Orem man’s apartment

A total of 71 explosive devices, as well as a large amount of bomb-making materials, were found in an Orem man’s apartment after he was arrested for brandishing a weapon near a Provo mall on Friday, according to Provo Police. Read More …

Russia: FSB released details of explosive device which killed General Moskalik

The improvised explosive device (IED) with which General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed was assembled from TNT blocks, bolts and nails. This follows from the video of the FSB of the Russian Federation, filmed at the site of the explosion in Read More …

Northern Ireland: Viable pipe bomb and ammunition recovered by police in Belfast

Viable pipe bomb devices and ammunition were recovered as a north Belfast security alert at Cavehill has ended, police confirmed. The PSNI said the devices have been made safe and taken away for further examination, Shortly after 9:30am, two controlled Read More …

California: Bomb squad called after traffic stop uncovers explosive devices and illegal firearms

A routine traffic stop on April 15 led officers to uncover homemade explosives and firearms, resulting in the arrest of three individuals and the seizure of additional weapons and bomb-making materials at multiple locations in the Northstate. On Tuesday, April Read More …

Ohio man arrested after investigators discover IED, videos, photos of bomb-making materials

A Mason, Ohio, man was arrested for allegedly possessing a destructive device after an investigation into an improvised explosive device (IED) found at a soccer complex led to the discovery of bomb-making materials. James River Phillips, 20, was arrested Thursday Read More …