India: Man held in Uttar Pradesh for making bottle bombs

The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday said it has arrested a man for allegedly making timer bombs using glass bottles packed with iron pellets. Four timer bombs have been recovered from Javed, a resident of Read More …

Sweden: Bombmaker’s accidental self-reveal shocks towns

A chilling wave of fear swept across the quiet Swedish towns of Skillingaryd and Jönköping in fall of 2022. Twin bomb scares had residents on edge, with evidence suggesting a single unknown culprit. But the big break didn’t come until Read More …

Israel arrest 21 in West Bank raid, locates explosives warehouse

An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson stated 21 wanted persons were arrested overnight, between Tuesday to Wednesday, in a counterterrorism operation in the West bank. The Israel Border Police and IDF were guided by intelligence from the Shin Bet internal Read More …

UK: Islamist extremists including youth who failed to report chemical bomb plot jailed

Two Islamist extremists have been jailed for terrorist offences. Al-Arfat Hassan, 21, from Enfield, was sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing chemicals for a terrorist purpose. A youth, 17, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for failure Read More …

Michigan: Illegal explosives made where you least expect it

The explosion didn’t stop Michael Liburdi. Neither did losing his right hand and right forearm or the ability to use most of his left arm. The coma didn’t stop the felon from Warren, either. Nor did three months in the Read More …

Hong Kong: Woman jailed for perverting the course of justice and explosive charges

A Hongkonger who made a failed escape attempt to Taiwan has been jailed for five years and one month over perverting the course of justice and two explosive charges linked to the protests in 2019. Quinn Moon, 37, appeared at Read More …

Nigerian security forces destroy bomb factory in Imo

Nigerian security forces have destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. The operation was jointly carried out by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and Civil Defence Corps. Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, Acting Read More …

Mexican soldiers find factory producing drone bombs, grenade launchers, fake military uniforms

Police and soldiers in Mexico have discovered a small factory used to make drone bombs, grenade launchers and fake military uniforms in a region where the Jalisco cartel and gangs have been waging turf wars. The facility, found late Wednesday Read More …

Iran identifies suspected bomb-maker behind twin blasts, arrests 35 people

Iranian authorities say they have identified the alleged ringleader who made bombs used in the twin bombings on January 3 in the southeastern city of Kerman that killed more than 90 people, state media reported. On Thursday, the Ministry of Read More …

Hong Kong: Teenager jailed for six years after admitting bomb plot

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge under a Beijing-imposed national security law over his involvement in a foiled plot to bomb court buildings. Prosecutors said Ho Yu-wang, 19, Read More …

India: Allahabad University student injured in explosion while making bomb in hostel room

An MA student at Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh got injured when a bomb that he was making in his hostel room exploded on Wednesday. Another student also suffered minor injuries in the incident. The ACP stated that the injured Read More …

Philippines: Abu Sayyaf bomb maker killed in Basilan

A notorious Abu Sayyaf leader and bombmaker blamed for deadly attacks in southern Philippines had been killed while trying to evade military operations in Basilan. Brig. Gen. Alvin Luzon, commander of the Philippine Army’s 101st Infantry Brigade in Basilan, confirmed Read More …

Out of Control: The Trafficking of Improvised Explosive Device Components and Commercial Explosives in West Africa

The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in West Africa expanded dramatically over the last decade. IED-building networks have established material and training links across conflict areas in West and Central Africa, and their designs have remained constant and inexpensive Read More …

UK: Man sentenced for possessing an explosive substance – High Wycombe

Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police, a man has been sentenced for possessing an explosive substance in High Wycombe. At Aylesbury Crown Court yesterday (22/11), Jack Coleman, aged 19, of Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, was sentenced to a hospital Read More …

Israel: Police thwarts planned terror attack in east Jerusalem

The Israel Police reported Thursday that the police and Shin Bet foiled a planned terror attack against security forces in east Jerusalem last month, arrested two terror suspects, and uncovered an explosives lab inside an apartment in the Shufat refugee Read More …

Philippines: Local bomb-maker killed in accidental IED blast in Maguindanao del Sur

A local terrorist was killed in an accidental explosion of an improvised bomb he was assembling in Barangay Malangog in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday afternoon, the police and military reported. Initial reports on Monday identified the fatality Read More …

UK: Man admits possessing a pressure cooker bomb

A clinical support worker who is accused of planning terrorist attacks on a hospital and an RAF base has admitted possessing a pressure cooker bomb. Mohammed Farooq, 27, was arrested in the early hours of January 20 in the grounds Read More …

Malaysia: Couple arrested after explosives found in Penang apartment

Police detained a 32-year-old man and a 38-year-old foreign woman after finding a packed of homemade IED bomb in their unit at the Taman Pandan flats, here on Sunday (Oct 8). Seberang Perai Utara (SPU) OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Asri Read More …

Mexico: Police raid on a house in Jalisco uncovers workshop for making drone-carried bombs

A police raid on a house built to look like a castle uncovered a workshop for making drone-carried bombs, authorities in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco said Wednesday. State police distributed photos of 40 small cylindrical bombs with fins meant Read More …

Northern Ireland: Alleged ‘New IRA chief bomb maker’ bailed until date set for trial

A barrister representing a man accused of terror offences said the allegation against his client was that he was “the New IRA’s chief bomb maker over a span of quite a few years”. Barrister Joe Brolly, who represents Kieran George Read More …