India: Security forces seize huge cache of explosives near Myanmar border

The Assam Rifles seized a huge cache of explosives and war-like stores near the Myanmar border in Mizoram on Friday, officials said on Saturday. Based on specific information, Assam Rifles along with Mizoram police, launched an operation at Mawhre village Read More …

Russia: Supporter of Ukrainian neo-Nazi group detained for 2 months in Rostov-on-Don

A supporter of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi radical youth gang MKU from the southern Rostov Region who plotted the murder of a journalist has been detained for two months, a source in the regional law-enforcement agencies told TASS on Tuesday. During Read More …

Russia: IS member who plotted Moscow court blast handed 19 years behind bars

An Islamic State member (IS — terrorist organization, outlawed in Russia) who plotted an explosion in a Moscow military court and sought to travel to a combat zone in the Middle East has been sentenced to 19 years in prison, Read More …

Pakistan: Two TTP members arrested in Okara

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claims to have arrested two alleged members of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from the city on Tuesday. According to the first information report (FIR), four CTD personnel, acting on a tip-off, went to check movement Read More …

UK: A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices

A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices, a jury at the Old Bailey was told. Asad Bhatti also worked on a computer handbook that included the subject “Jihad and Martyrdom”, the Read More …

Uganda: Police discover bomb making materials during operation in Nabweru

The Uganda Police have recovered more bomb making materials in Nabweru a suburb in Kampala during their ongoing operations against suspected Allied Democratic Forces terror cells in the country. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga says the Joint Security Team will continue Read More …

Kenya: Lamu welders on the spot for supplying al Shabaab terrorists with explosives

Welders in Lamu county have been accused for cooperating with Al Shabaab militants in the region by helping them manufacture explosives. According to the coast region coordinator John Elungata, welders in areas close to the Boni forest and the Lamu-Somalia Read More …

Somalia: Security forces seize weapons, arrest Al-Shabab suspects in Mogadishu

Security forces in Mogadishu Monday arrested three Al-Shabaab suspects and seized a cache of weapons. The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said its Dufaan military wing unearthed the weapons which included mortar shells from a bunker operated by Al-Shabaab Read More …

Massachusetts State Police detonate bomb-making material after man assaults officer

The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad detonated material consistent with the making of explosive devices on Saturday evening, according to a press release from the Eastham Police Department. Eastham Police Officer Gregory Plante tried to serve a trespass notice on Read More …

India: Militant arrested with explosives in Imphal

A combined team of district police commando unit, Imphal East and 15 Assam Rifles, on Thursday arrested one active cadre of proscribed underground organisation PREPAK(Pro) along with improvised explosive device (IED) which was to be planted, reportedly at Mantripukhri, Imphal. Read More …

Uganda arrests four over suspected explosive device

Ugandan police, in a security crackdown following deadly suicide bombings, said Tuesday they had arrested four Somalis for bringing a suspected explosive device into a resort due to host President Yoweri Museveni this week. A week after twin bombings killed Read More …

Israel’s Shin Bet Arrests 50 Members of Hamas Cell Planning Attacks

Israeli security forces arrested dozens of members of a Hamas cell that was in the advanced stages of planning major terror attacks in the West Bank and Israel, the Shin Bet security service said Monday. The effort to uncover the Read More …

UK: Liverpool attacker had been buying bomb parts ‘at least since April’

The Liverpool bomber had been buying bomb components since at least April, police have revealed. Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson said that Iraq-born Emad Al Swealmeen had rented a property in Liverpool seven months ago and had started making “relevant Read More …

Washington: Homemade explosive laboratory, underground bunker found at Arlington man’s home

An Arlington man already booked into jail is facing more charges after bomb squad technicians found a homemade explosive laboratory and underground bunker at his home. Deputies with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in the 19300 Read More …

Somali army kills 2 terrorists who were found planting landmines in Lower Shabelle region

The Somali National Army’s (SNA) 60 Unit killed two al-Shabab militants and recovered weapons after conducting a special operation at a village in Lower Shabelle region, southern Somalia, officials said Saturday. SNA said in a brief statement that the army Read More …

UK: Man admits stockpiling bomb-making materials after he burnt himself in an explosion

A man is facing a possible life sentence after admitting possessing explosive substances. Michael Pym-Nixson came to the attention of police after paramedics visited his flat in Kingston Upon Thames, south-west London, and treated his hand for burn injuries on Read More …

Philippines: Troops seize bomb-making materials from rebel camp

Army soldiers and policemen overran a suspected abandoned rebel encampment in the Mountain Province on Sunday, October 31, the military and police said. The camp was located at the boundaries of Bantey in Tadian town, Banguitan; in Besao town; and Read More …

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Pakistan: 4 Daesh, al-Qaeda men arrested in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) during an action foiled a major terrorism bid by arresting four members of the Daesh and Al Qaeda during an action in Landikotal area of Khyber district. The official said that during the action, four terrorists were Read More …

Russian Federal Security Service prevents IS supporter-plotted terror attack in Stavropol Region

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented a terror attack plotted by a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) in the Stavropol Region, a source in the FSB Public Relations Centre told TASS. “The Russian Read More …