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Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have arrested 10 suspects in connection with importation of 20 drums of carbide; a chemical substance used in manufacturing of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Acting Controller Read More …
In a massive operation against Naxals in the Budha Pahar area of Jharkhand, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police teams have recovered 106 different types of landmines, over 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire ammonium nitrate, arrow Read More …
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh Police officials have claimed that they have seized an improvised explosive device (IED) made from a mortar shell. “The type of explosive device recovered from Shiraz has never been used in terrorism before,” the Read More …
When Lukas F. walks onto the site of an abandoned army barracks in the summer of 2021 as part of his training to be a terrorist, he is 16 years old, a slender boy with dark hair. The site is Read More …
An assortment of more than 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and around 500 detonators have been recovered by CoBRA commandos during a recent anti-Maoist operation in Bihar, officials said Wednesday. The recoveries were made last week in the jungles of Read More …
Firefighters found homemade explosive components in the basement of a home that exploded on Sunday night. Crews rushed to the home in the 7000 block of Durham Circle in Boulder County about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Everyone inside the home was Read More …
Police say one neighbor’s 911 call led to an arrest and seizure of numerous weapons at a home in Margate. On May 16, a resident on 36th Avenue told police an 82-year-old neighbor was caught shooting holes in their fence Read More …
At dawn on November 4 last year, the 25-year-old was arrested by the Swedish Security Service on a farm in Falköping. Now he is being prosecuted for, among other things, public destruction, aggravated weapons offense and violation of the Flammable Read More …
Three people were arrested for inciting others to attack police officers and government buildings, as police seized bomb materials including TATP from their residence. Police said on Tuesday that some criminals incited others to attack police officers and several government Read More …
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Anibal Castro, Jr., 33, of Springfield, Vermont, has been charged with unlawful possession of a “destructive device” (“Pipe Bomb”), in violation of the National Firearms Act. Read More …
The Punjab’s Counterterrorism Department (CTD) Tuesday claimed to have arrested two terrorists involved in the New Anarkali bomb blast. Three people had died and 33 others were injured in the blast in Lahore’s Anarkali in January. The arrested terrorists were Read More …
RCMP seized homemade pipe bombs, bomb-making equipment, weapons and ammunition during a noon-hour raid on a home in Moncton on Thursday. Police say an investigation has been underway for some time and led to a search warrant being executed at Read More …
A man who was found asleep in his car in a Northeast Side neighborhood had a pipe bomb filled with a ball bearing and metal arrowheads, according to San Antonio police. An arrest warrant affidavit states that on Wednesday, a Read More …
A bag containing 54 detonators with a low intensity explosives were found in front of Nagpur Railway station’s main gate on Monday evening. According to the police, a black bag was spotted by a police personnel lying at the railway Read More …
Police thwarted a possible terror attack and arrested two bike-borne men with an improvised explosive device (IED) packed with around 1.5kg of RDX following a tip-off at Naushehra Pannuan village in Tarn Taran district on Sunday. The IED, packed in Read More …
A teenage boy has been detained after the discovery of homemade bomb parts inside a house – which prompted a major emergency services response and evacuations. Police descended on a residential street in the Chorley area of Lancashire after reports Read More …
In a big breakthrough, Karnal district police arrested four terror suspects near Bastara toll plaza on Thursday. The suspects were arrested with weapons, ammunition and IEDs. Following the arrests, the Punjab Police on Thursday released a statement mentioning the weaponry Read More …
Over 20 hours after a bomb was recovered outside the Model Jail in Sector 51, a team of the National Security Guard (NSG) safely defused it on Sunday afternoon. A bag containing the explosive device, box, detonator and some burnt Read More …
The Shin Bet security service says it has foiled an attempt by the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group to enlist residents of the West Bank to commit attacks against Israeli targets. The agency says several Palestinians from the Jenin Read More …
A wide spectrum of materials can be used to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). These include both military and civilian commercial products. The variety in design and means of deployment of IEDs vastly complicates efforts to regulate and control Read More …