Ukraine: Two teenagers arrested for deadly terrorist attack in Zhytomyr

Ukrainian security forces have arrested two 17-year-olds — a boy and a girl — in connection with a terrorist attack in Zhytomyr that killed one man and seriously injured another. The investigation revealed that the teenagers — a local vocational Read More …

Pakistan: 11 killed in terror attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces

Eight security personnel and three civilians embraced martyrdom in different terror attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, officials said on Wednesday. In Balochistan’s Mastung district, three security personnel, including a senior officer, were martyred and three others sustained injuries in Read More …

Kenya: Eight police officers injured in Garissa IED attack

At least eight police officers were injured in an explosion that hit their vehicle along Banabs-Yumbis Road in Garissa County, police authorities said. The group was travelling in a police Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle in the area on Read More …

Mississippi: Woman arrested after homemade explosive device found in package

A woman was arrested after Mississippi authorities say they found a homemade explosive device in a suspicious package. Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Christina Laureen Willis, 27, of Batesville. Willis is being charged with attempted murder, and Read More …

Afghanistan: ANDMA Launches Extensive Mine Survey, Clearance Program In Five Provinces

The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) has launched a comprehensive program to survey and clear mine-contaminated areas in the provinces of Bamyan, Logar, Ghazni, Helmand, and Ghor. The initiative will be implemented based on a memorandum of understanding between Read More …

Nigeria: Troops intercept illicit logistics bound for Cameroon, destroy 14 IEDs in Borno

In a series of intensified operations aimed at disrupting insurgent logistics and safeguarding civilian communities, Nigerian Army troops have recorded significant successes in Borno State, intercepting contraband believed to be destined for terrorists and safely neutralizing multiple improvised explosive devices Read More …

Pakistan: Two killed, one injured in Sui bomb blast

Two people were killed and another injured in a roadside bomb explosion in the Sui area of Dera Bugti district on Saturday. According to Levies officials, the incident took place in the Kanjo Saghari area of Sui, where an improvised Read More …

Tennessee man arrested after officers find 14 IEDs inside home

A Tennessee man was taken into custody Friday after authorities allege he threatened to kill public officials and law enforcement and was then discovered with 14 improvised explosive devices in his home when investigators arrived to arrest him. Kevin Wade Read More …

India: Railway trackman killed, another injured in IED blast in Sundargarh

A railway trackman was killed and another injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Maoist operatives went off on the railway tracks under the K Balang police limits of Rourkela Police District (RPD) on Sunday forenoon. The deceased Read More …

Michigan man sentenced for traveling with explosive devices to Massachusett

A 31-year-old man has been sentenced for traveling with several explosive devices from Michigan to Massachusetts, federal officials said on Friday. A judge sentenced Luke Isaac Terpstra to three years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Read More …

Singapore: Fewer than 1 in 5 people noticed suspicious items during Ministry of Home Affairs’s social experiments

More than 2,500 people in Tampines and Bishan walked past a black suitcase and a black car with a concealed number plate, but fewer than 500 of them noticed the suspicious objects. Even fewer of them either intended to or Read More …

Wyoming: Scan of pressure cooker on Casper sidewalk suggested bomb parts

The Casper Police Department says that an initial X-ray scan of a suspicious object left on a Paradise Valley sidewalk on Monday morning revealed “internal components that were consistent with materials used in improvised explosive devices.” Further investigation “did not Read More …

Israel: Golani Brigade officer, soldier killed by bomb in Khan Younis

An IDF officer and soldier from the Golani Brigade’s elite reconnaissance unit were killed Saturday in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, when an explosive device was detonated against a Namer armored personnel carrier (APC), the military said Sunday morning. Separately, Read More …

California: Old Pipe Bomb Found in Storm Drain in Alameda

The investigation ensued after crew members from Alameda’s Public Works Department discovered a “suspicious item” in a storm drain while performing routine maintenance at approximately 10:15 a.m., according to an APD report on Facebook. By 10:30 a.m., APD officers notified Read More …

Characterising Explosive Components with Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography

To better characterize components in explosive devices, Dutch researchers, led by University of Amsterdam personnel, tested a new two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D-LC)-based method of analyzing explosive traces. Their research was published in the Journal of Chromatography A. As global terrorist Read More …

New York Man Charged For Making And Attempting To Use Improvised Explosive Devices In Manhattan

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton; Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Christopher G. Raia; and Commissioner of the New York City Police Read More …

Israel: IDF soldier killed in explosion in the southern Gaza Strip

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit cleared for publication on Tuesday that Sergeant Major (res.) Vladimir Loza, aged 36, from Ashkelon, fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip. Loza served as a soldier in the 5th Brigade’s 7020th Battalion, and fell Read More …

Sweden: Five explosions reported in Malmö over the past week

Malmö, Sweden has been hit by a wave of bombings – at least five explosions have occurred during the past week. Several residential areas have been damaged, but no one has been arrested yet. Police suspect the incidents are linked Read More …

South Korea: Police uncover cache of homemade explosives after father shoots son with homemade shotgun

A man in his 30s was shot and killed by his father during a birthday gathering in Incheon on Sunday night, with police later uncovering a cache of homemade explosives at the suspect’s residence in Seoul. The fatal shooting unfolded Read More …

Cameroon: Bomb blast kills 2 children in Far North region

At least two children were killed in a bomb explosion early Monday in Cameroon’s Far North region, according to locals and security sources. The children were trekking along the Bargaram-Abasouni Road in the Logone-et-Chari division of the region when they Read More …