California: Man Found Dead Near San Francisco Schools With Possible IED

A man found dead from a possible improvised explosive device in Antioch, California, sent neighborhoods into lockdown and bomb squads scrambling on Monday. Police responding to a call at around 7:30 a.m. found a white male in his mid 50s Read More …

Alberta: Police find bomb, guns, stolen first-responder uniforms after standoff at Edmonton home

Police say they found stolen first responder uniforms, high-calibre firearms and a homemade bomb at a home in southeast Edmonton after a standoff last weekend. It started early Saturday in the Jackson Heights neighbourhood in Mill Woods. Just before 4 Read More …

Kenya: Four killed in IED attack on a vehicle in Wajir

Four people were Wednesday killed when a vehicle they were using ran over a bomb that had been set on the road in Andaki, Wajir County. The four were travelling in a land cruiser and are believed to have been Read More …

Greece: Bomb blasts target homes of journalist, unionist in Athens

Two separate bomb explosions have targeted a journalist and a unionist in the Greek capital, according to local media. Unidentified individuals detonated explosive devices on Tuesday morning outside the residences of Greek journalist Dimitris Kambourakis and the head of the Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police confirm loud bang in Lurgan was pipe bomb after device remnants discovered

At around 9.25pm, it was reported that a loud bang was heard in the area, and the bathroom window of a property had been smashed. Inspector Conway said: “Following a number of proactive searches carried out last night and today Read More …

California: Police investigating Sacramento explosions arrest 23-year-old man

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Sacramento, California, in connection with two explosions in a neighborhood, police said Sunday. Investigators served a search warrant on Saturday following an explosion that caused damage to a vehicle the previous day, a Read More …

Kenya: Seven killed in a roadside bomb blast in Mandera

At least seven people have been killed in a roadside blast in northern Kenya. Attackers ambushed a minibus, locally known as a matatu, after the blast and opened fire on its occupants near Mandera town, a police statement said. Survivors Read More …

Mexico: Mine explosion hits military convoy in Tepalcatepec, Michoacán

The Ministry of National Defense armoured truck was hit by an explosive device, during military convoy in Tepalcatepec, Michoacán. The explosion occurred around 10:30 a.m. on a road near Loma Blanca, a community located very close to the borders between Read More …

Colombia: National Army dismantled a clandestine factory of antipersonnel mines in Meta Department

Juan Camilo Restrepo, High Commissioner for Peace, confirmed that the National Army dismantled a clandestine factory of antipersonnel mines in Vista Hermosa, Meta Department. “Gratitude forever to the Colombian Army for this news. It prevents future two thousand victims of Read More …

India: Two suspects, including juvenile, held after IED blast in Shillong

The police nabbed two suspects, including a juvenile, for their alleged involvement in Sunday’s IED blast in Shillong. East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police, Sylvester Nongtnger said the IED was detonated at the entrance of the Centre Point building in Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces recover, destroy 250 detonators in Poonch district

A joint team of security forces late Saturday recovered 250 detonators in J&K’s Poonch district. The cache was later destroyed by the bomb disposal squad. The recovery came hours after an IED was found on the Jammu-Poonch highway and neutralised. Read More …

Bomb attacks hit southern Thailand

Bombers set off at least 13 blasts in a town in southern Thailand overnight, and police killed two suspected insurgents in a separate raid after a 20-hour siege in a nearby province, authorities said on Saturday. While officials did not Read More …

Israel: RCIED discovered and rendered safe by Israeli Police in Muqeible

A wireless explosive device was found removed near a kindergarten in the village of Muqeible, during a search operation for weapons used by Northern District police officers and the canine unit. The children were evacuated from the scene, the item Read More …

Northern Ireland: Homes evacuated following suspected pipe bomb explosion in Bessbrook, Co Armagh

Residents have been allowed to return home after being evacuated following the discovery of a suspected pipe bomb in Co. Armagh. It was reported shortly before 11pm that neighbours heard a loud bang in the John F. Kennedy Park area Read More …

Cambodia: Transport company foil attempt to send ‘home-made’ bomb via courier

In a bizarre case, it appears that an unidentified person who attempted to send a ‘homemade bomb’ from Pailin to Battambang via a Cambodian transport company has had his plot foiled by quick thinking staff. Staff at the Pailin branch Read More …

Electric grid is ‘attractive target’ for domestic violent extremists in US, intel brief says

Domestic violent extremists will “likely continue” to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical infrastructure in the United States, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security intelligence briefing obtained by CNN. Since at least 2020, domestic extremists have developed Read More …

Australia: Former soldier wearing an explosive vest killed after it detonated in Melbourne’s south-east

A father has died after a homemade explosive device detonated inside his car as he was driving along Young Road in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Hallam. It’s understood the man was wearing an explosive vest that was triggered when Read More …

Iraq: Roadside bomb blast kills three soldiers, injures one in Kirkuk city

Three Iraqi soldiers were killed on Monday morning in bomb blast targeting their patrol on a road in Kirkuk city, north of the capital Baghdad, a military source said. A fourth soldier was injured in the same attack, which was Read More …

NSG chief: Weaponised drones will be next-gen terror tactics

In the run up to the assembly polls in five states, the National Security Guard (NSG) has defused several improvised explosive devices (IEDs). While a court complex in Ludhiana witnessed a deadly blast on December 23, security agencies have been Read More …