Michigan: Improvised explosive devices found in Flint home

On Wednesday, November 5, at approximately 7 p.m., the Flint City Police Department responded to a residence located in the 1600 block of Blackberry Ln after a citizen who was cleaning out the home discovered suspicious items and immediately called Read More …

Myanmar: Innocent Civilian Injured After Stepping on Improvised Explosive Device Planted by KNU and PDF Terrorists in Bilin, Mon State

In order to cause injuries to both peaceable civilians and administrative authorities who are striving to restore the rule of law, extreme terrorists provide financial assistance and instigate destructive activities, such as detonating explosive devices and remote blasting, against public Read More …

Montana: Hamilton man arrested after allegedly trying to sell homemade pipe bomb

Authorities in Hamilton say a man is facing several serious charges after allegedly trying to sell a homemade pipe bomb in exchange for drug money. According to court documents, a Hamilton resident called 911 Wednesday afternoon after his neighbor, 30-year-old Read More …

Queensland: Seven people arrested in counter-terrorism sting

Seven people have been arrested in a months-long counter-terrorism sting across regional Queensland. Police said they seized 20 kilograms of explosives alongside home-made bombs and guns in a series of raids across the state, most recently in August. Officers from Read More …

UK: Theft victim jailed over plan to make booby trap bombs

A man considered making potentially deadly “booby traps” after a series of thefts at his home, a court has heard. Shazad Khan, 52, sparked a large-scale evacuation of his street in Glasgow’s west end after suspicious items were found in Read More …

Pakistan: Three police officers hurt in Hangu explosion, ‘Afghan IED expert’ killed in Tank

Three police officers, including an SHO, were wounded on Sunday when an improvised explosive device struck a police convoy conducting search operations near a cemetery in the Doaba area of Hangu, police said. According to a police official, Saqib, a Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces defuse 100kg bomb in Kalat

Security forces on Sunday successfully defused a 100-kilogram locally manufactured bomb in Balochistan’s Kalat district, preventing what officials said could have been a large-scale terrorist attack. According to Levies sources, the explosive device had been planted under a bridge in Read More …

Italy: A bomb attack on a Postamat station leaves criminals fleeing empty-handed

They planted a crude but still high-impact bomb in the Postamat cash dispenser in Tinnura. The explosion destroyed the machine and threw shrapnel onto a car, but it still didn’t open the safe containing the money. Indeed, the criminals fled Read More …

Pakistan: Abandoned telephone exchange building blown up in Lakki

An old and abandoned building of a telephone exchange was blown up with explosives in Takhtikhel area of Lakki Marwat district on Friday, the police said. An official said that the incident occurred within the limits of Shaheed Asmatullah Khan Read More …

Philippines: Special Action Force arrests bomb expert of Dawlah Islmiyah-Hassan Group in Sultan Kudarat

Elite policemen from the Special Action Force (SAF) arrested a suspected bombmaker of the Dawlah Islamiyah- Hassan Group during an operation in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., acting chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Read More …

Pakistan: 10 security men injured as Kech DC survives IED blast in Turbat

Nine Levies officials and a pedestrian were injured in a roadside explosion that targeted the convoy of the Kech deputy commissioner in Turbat on Monday. In a separate incident, dozens of armed men invaded a town in Kacchi district and Read More …

Nigeria: Lagos police arrest Chinese national over Ikeja CCTV shop explosion

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Chinese national in connection with the recent improvised explosive device (IED) blast that rocked a CCTV camera shop on Kodesho Street, Ikeja. Sources told Zagazola Makama that detectives from the State Criminal Read More …

California: Modesto man charged for firearms and explosives found near Somerset Middle School

A man was arrested in Modesto on Oct. 20 by the Modesto Police Department for multiple charges, including two counts of possessing explosive devices near a pubic school. Investigators seized multiple loaded firearms, ammunition, and two explosive devices during the Read More …

Idaho: Police recover explosives, drugs and 23 dogs from Caldwell residence

Caldwell Police served a search warrant yesterday at 500 block of E. Ithaca near N. 5th Avenue as part of an ongoing investigation into 67-year-old Randy Robinson. According to news release from the Caldwell Police Department, Robinson was investigated for Read More …

Nigeria: Police bomb disposal team remove IEDs in Borno

Operatives of the police in Borno have removed two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), planted by the insurgents along the Ngwaom–Mafa Road in the state. The spokesman of the command, ASP Nahum Daso, said this in a statement in Maiduguri on Read More …

Pakistan: Senior police officer and two others killed in back-to-back blasts in Hangu

Three cops, including a superintendent of police (SP), were martyred as back-to-back blasts rocked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu on Friday, according to police. KP Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hameed shared these details with Dawn.com, saying that the first blast Read More …

India: Suspected IED blast damages railway track in Assam’s Kokrajhar

Railway services across Lower Assam and parts of north Bengal were disrupted early on Thursday after a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) damaged a section of track in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, officials said. The explosion occurred shortly after midnight, around Read More …

Wyoming: State agencies release more details of suspected IED at state Capitol

The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and Wyoming Highway Patrol have released more details about a suspected improvised explosive device found on the state Capitol grounds in Cheyenne on Tuesday. The Capitol building was evacuated, and a shelter in Read More …

How the military is using drones, 3D printers to counter improvised explosive threats

Soldiers from 11 countries participate in “Ardent Defender” at Base Gagetown, southeast of Fredericton — an opportunity to showcase new technology seen on battlefields around the world. Read more… Source: CBC News Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters The Read More …

Mexico: Gulf Cartel gunman caught near Texas border with explosives, drones, and IEDs

Authorities in Mexico arrested a suspected member of the Gulf Cartel who had 151 drone explosives, 18 drones, three IEDs, and various other weapons. The seizure also included state-of-the-art anti-drone weapons. The arrest took place in the border city of Read More …