Oregon: FBI and Local Partners Interrupt IED and Mass Shooting Event

The FBI Portland Field Office and local law enforcement partners arrested a Columbia County, Oregon, juvenile who conspired to conduct an improvised explosive attack and mass shooting at the Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, Washington, on May 22, 2025. The Read More …

Maryland: Thurmont man facing charges after allegedly setting off explosive devices in public

A Thurmont man on Monday was arrested after he allegedly set off multiple homemade explosive devices in public, including in a roadway and near a playground where five children were playing. No one was injured. John Michael Cintron Jr., 34, Read More …

Israel: Three soldiers killed, two injured in a minefield explosion in Gaza

Three Israeli soldiers from the Givati Brigade were killed Monday in a deadly minefield explosion during an IDF ground operation in Jabaliya, northern Gaza. The soldiers were identified as Sergeant Lior Steinberg, 20, from Petah Tikva; Sergeant Ofek Barhana, 20, Read More …

Mali army foils attempted infiltration in Timbuktu

The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) have announced that they successfully repelled an attempted infiltration targeting their military base in the northern city of Timbuktu. According to the General Staff of the FAMa, thirteen assailants were neutralised during a counter-offensive launched Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, four injured in Quetta car blast

One person was killed and four others injured — one of them seriously — in a bomb explosion in a vehicle in the provincial capital on late Sunday evening. Police said the blast took place in a car at a Read More …

Pakistan: Gun, bomb attacks claim three lives in Dera, Quetta

A Levies official was martyred in a shooting in Dera Bugti and a Levies police station was set on fire in Mastung district, while a roadside blast on the outskirts of Quetta left two siblings dead and nine others wounded Read More …

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #53: Recent Improvised Landmine attacks in Michoacán and Jalisco

On 27 May 2025, eight Guardia Nacional (GN) personnel assigned to the Fuerza de reacción inmediata (FERI), an immediate reaction special force team, were killed when their armored vehicle ran over an artisanal landmine, in Los Reyes, Michoacán. The officials Read More …

India: IED blast injures three villagers in insurgency hit Bijapur in Chhattisgarh

At a time when all of Bastar is on high alert following the loot of 5,000kg explosives by Maoists in neighbouring Odisha, three villagers were grievously injured in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district Friday morning. All three Read More …

Nigeria: Borno residents mourn 8 volunteers Killed in an IED blast

Borno State is in mourning over the tragic death of eight Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast on Tuesday along the Dikwa-Marte road. CJTF is a security volunteer outfit supporting the Nigerian Read More …

Mexico arrests 10 Colombian ex-soldiers after deadly blast

Ten Colombian former soldiers were among the suspects arrested after an improvised landmine killed six Mexican troops in a drug cartel heartland this week, authorities said Friday. More than 40 explosive devices were seized along with other weapons in the Read More …

Mexico: Cartels are recruiting artisans to manufacture explosives, 3,454 devices seized in Michoacán alone

Criminal groups in Michoacán are recruiting local pyrotechnic artisans to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs), often under threat, according to federal and state authorities. Carlos Roberto Gómez Ruiz, deputy director of the Explosives and Hazardous Materials Unit of the Michoacán Read More …

Russia: Explosion in Stavropol caused by homemade explosive device

The explosion in Russia’s southwestern city of Stavropol, which killed two people, was caused by a homemade explosive device, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee’s regional branch told reporters. “The investigation is considering all possible versions of the Read More …

Mexico: Eight soldiers killed in explosion on the borders of Michoacán and Jalisco

The number of Special Forces soldiers killed by the explosion of a mine-type device on the border between Michoacán and Jalisco has risen to eight, federal sources reported. The initial report had been of two officers and four troops killed Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb blast injures 17 at volleyball ground in Waziristan

At least 17 civilians, including children, were injured on Tuesday evening after an explosion in a volleyball ground in Barmal area of Lower Wana Tehsil, South Waziristan. According to local sources, residents were engaged in a friendly volleyball match when Read More …

India: Suspected Khalistani terrorist killed in blast in Amritsar

A suspected Khalistani terrorist died in a blast while retrieving explosive material from a vacant area on the Majitha road bypass in Punjab’s Amritsar on Tuesday, police said. The intensity of the explosion, which took place around 9:30 am, was Read More …

Nigeria: IED explosion at Abuja Barracks kills carrier, injures two others

Attempts by yet-to-be-identified person to carry improvised explosive devices, IED, into Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory and cause havoc, yesterday, failed as vigilant military police and intelligence personnel prevented the carrier from entering the facility. Consequently, the IED exploded Read More …

Thailand: Man dies in failed bomb attack on ex-girlfriend’s home

The explosion occurred at a residence in the Tha Chana district of Surat Thani at around 8am. The 34 year old man, Surapong Thongnark, was pronounced dead at the scene, while three others sustained minor injuries. Following an argument with Read More …

Cyprus: Improvised bomb explodes in Limassol car shop

Police on Monday morning are investigating an explosion that took place in the early hours at the workshop of a 43-year-old car electrician in Limassol. According to police, the improvised explosive device (IED) exploded around 3am, causing damage to the Read More …

Russia: Explosives technicians found six more bombs after explosion derails freight train in Belgorod region

The explosion targeting the rail network in the Belgorod region last night turned out to be much more serious than originally thought. The explosion, which damaged the contact support and caused an emergency stop of a freight train of 66 Read More …

Nigeria: Police destroy bomb factory, defuse IEDs in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has destroyed a local bomb factory and demobilised assorted improvised explosive devices after it raided a secessionist hideout in Isseke, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. A statement released on Sunday by the Command’s Read More …