Nigeria: At least seven soldiers killed by landmine

At least seven Nigerian soldiers were killed after a mine exploded on a highway in Borno state, the hotbed of a Boko Haram militant insurgency, two vigilante officers said on Friday. A local vigilante officer helping to combat the insurgents, Read More …

New York: Explosive device found in car outside East Harlem NYPD precinct

Police say a domestic dispute led to a homemade “potentially viable improvised explosive device” being discovered inside a car in East Harlem on Wednesday morning. Chontrell Wrencik, 50, the man accused of having the device, is facing multiple charges, including Read More …

India: NSCN-IM major killed, two others injured in IED blast in Ukhrul district

At least a major of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was killed and two others left injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded along the Indo-Myanmar border close to Wangli village under Ukhrul district on Wednesday. According Read More …

Thailand: Eight police officers injured in twin bomb attacks in Pattani, Songkhla

Eight police officers were injured in twin bomb attacks in Pattani and neighbouring Songkhla in what is seen as an act of reprisal for the recent arrest of a suspected insurgent leader. Police said the first attack took place at Read More …

Spain: Court sentences man over explosive parcels sent to Ukrainian, US and Spanish offices in Madrid

A Spanish court handed an 18-year prison sentence Tuesday to a man found guilty of sending six parcels containing explosives to Spain’s prime minister and other government, military and diplomatic targets, including the U.S. and Ukrainian embassies. The 76-year-old Pompeyo Read More …

Pakistan: IED Blast in Tirah Valley Injures Three Police Officials During Routine Patrol

An explosion rocked Tirah Valley, a remote region in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, injuring three police officials, including the post in-charge. Sources reported that the incident occurred in the Sairey Kandao area of Tirah when a police vehicle Read More …

OCHA reports 110 die in landmine explosions in Afghanistan every month

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan (OCHA) says that explosive devices kill 110 people every month across the country. This report states that since 1989, 45,000 people have been victims of landmines and explosive remnants in Read More …

Nigeria: Police Detonate Explosive Device Planted In Borno Metropolis

The IED was discovered by residents around Mala Kachalla General Hospital at the federal low-cost along Baga Road around midnight. According to an eyewitness, the IED did not explode as it was discovered on time. The police anti-bomb squad was Read More …

Pakistan: Deadly explosion near city hospital in South Waziristan leaves four dead

A bomb explosion near City Hospital on Karikot Road tragic in South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where a resulted in the deaths of at least four individuals. Sources indicated that the blast, suspected to be from an explosive-laden motorcycle, targeted a Read More …

Israel: Car explosion in Petah Tikva wounds two in suspected criminal hit

A car explosion in the central city of Petah Tikva on Thursday left two people wounded, one seriously and one moderately, in what police were investigating as a criminal incident. Hebrew media reported that a third man, who had left Read More …

West Bank: Four Israelis Wounded in Samaria IED Attack

Four Israelis were wounded on Thursday afternoon when Arab terrorists targeted their vehicle with an explosive near the Jewish community of Hermesh in northwestern Samaria. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that “two IDF soldiers on leave were moderately and lightly Read More …

India: Two STF constables killed, four injured in IED blast triggered by Naxals in Bijapur

Two Special Task Force (STF) jawans were killed and four others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast by Naxalites in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the Tarrem area Read More …

Pennsylvania: Details on the improvised bombs in gunman’s car at Trump rally released to law enforcement departments

The two devices in the car owned by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa., were almost identical in construction, according to the task force’s report. Each contained a cardboard tube filled with a gray powder that was described by Read More …

Pennsylvania: Remote detonator found next to Thomas Crooks’ cellphone at the scene of Butler rally shooting

A remote detonator was found on would-be assassin Thomas Crooks’ body alongside his cell phone after he was shot dead by Secret Service snipers at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. A picture first published by Pittsburgh’s WPXI Read More …

NCITE Publishes New Research on Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives

The terrorist threat in the U.S. has many faces: anti-government extremists, violent white supremacists, homegrown jihadists, and a long list of others. To respond, national security researchers and practitioners need a thorough and current understanding of one weapon that unites Read More …

Bangladesh: Six crude bombs explode at Dhaka University

At least six crude bombs exploded near Shahidullah Hall at Dhaka University on Monday evening. The clashes spread from in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) to Doyel Chattar on DU campus. Some students reported that they heard gunshots Read More …

Syria: Three SAA soldiers killed in IED explosion in Raqqa

A Syrian regime military vehicle was hit on Sunday when an Islamic State (ISIS) improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the northern city of Raqqa, killing three Syrian soldiers, a conflict monitor reported. According to SOHR, three Syrian soldiers, including Read More …

Pakistan: Frontier Corps soldier killed in Quetta IED explosion

A soldier was martyred and another injured when an improvised explosive device went off near a vehicle carrying a contingent of the Frontier Corps (FC) in the city’s Akhtarabad area on Saturday. The FC personnel were patrolling in the Western Read More …

Pennsylvania: Explosive devices reportedly found in Trump shooter car after failed assassination attempt at rally

Explosive devices were found inside the car of the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during his Saturday rally in Pennsylvania, according to a report. The car, driven by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was found not far Read More …

Turkish soldier killed by IED in northern Iraq

A Turkish soldier was killed in an anti-terrorist operation in northern Iraq, near the Turkish border, said the Turkish National Defense Ministry on Friday. Sgt. Bahadir Ridvan Talay was killed by an improvised explosive device planted by members of a Read More …