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An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated by al-Qaeda militants killed two government soldiers in Yemen’s southern Abyan province on Tuesday, a security official said. The security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the government forces were raiding the Read More …
A bomb went off in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, leaving at least one policeman killed and two others injured, official sources said. The explosion happened when a police bomb disposal squad was defusing an improvised explosive device Read More …
Two Islamist extremists have been jailed for terrorist offences. Al-Arfat Hassan, 21, from Enfield, was sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing chemicals for a terrorist purpose. A youth, 17, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for failure Read More …
Group Captain Sadiq Shehu (rtd) has said 1.2 million people comprising returnees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and members of the host communities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are exposed to explosive remnants of the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency. Shehu Read More …
A Calgary man was preparing for a “breakdown in society” when he stockpiled homemade bombs, a judge heard Thursday. Wayne McGuire, 54, pleaded guilty to a number of charges, including possession of explosives, possession of body armour and assault with Read More …
The University of Rhode Island’s Forensic Science Partnership lecture series is back for the spring semester. All lectures are held on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences. For 25 years, the Read More …
The heavily armed man found dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park last year visited several sites about mass shootings, but authorities were unable to uncover a motive or why he seemingly changed his mind, a Read More …
The explosion didn’t stop Michael Liburdi. Neither did losing his right hand and right forearm or the ability to use most of his left arm. The coma didn’t stop the felon from Warren, either. Nor did three months in the Read More …
A Hongkonger who made a failed escape attempt to Taiwan has been jailed for five years and one month over perverting the course of justice and two explosive charges linked to the protests in 2019. Quinn Moon, 37, appeared at Read More …
Two brothers have been indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, was found inside an Astoria apartment they shared with their Read More …
Two men who stole almost £160,000 after blowing up four cash machines with explosives have been jailed. Ben Thompson, 35, of Wythenshawe, and Wesley Shepherd, 39, of Sale, were later spotted at Manchester Airport jetting off to Egypt, Spain and Read More …
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Boko Haram terrorists on the Pulka-Firgi Road in Gwoza local government area of Borno State, has killed seven farmers in a commercial vehicle. According to a report, the incident occurred in the early Read More …
Six pupils of the Tsangaya Quranic Centre in Gubio town have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device which exploded near the Tsangaya in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident occurred on Saturday when a metal Read More …
Israeli military and intelligence officials have concluded that a significant number of weapons used by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks and in the war in Gaza came from an unlikely source: the Israeli military itself. For years, analysts have Read More …
Nigerian security forces have destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. The operation was jointly carried out by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and Civil Defence Corps. Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, Acting Read More …
An explosion, believed to be caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), struck a water tanker owned by the Puntland Marine Police Force (PMPF) in the outskirts of Bosaso on Wednesday. The attack occurred on the road on the outskirts Read More …
A homemade explosive device detonated at around 3:15am in the Ayia Phyla neighbourhood of Limassol. The explosion occurred at the entrance of a house owned by a 67-year-old woman and damaged her front door. The police said an “improvised explosive Read More …
A man was arrested tied to an explosion investigation near downtown Colorado Springs Tuesday. According to police, Edward Kiley was taken into custody without incident after police obtained a warrant for his arrest the day before. According to CSPD, on Read More …
The Uganda Police’s Counter Terrorism officers in Kampala Metropolitan on Tuesday recovered a suspected explosive device near Rolex Beach within the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe, in Wakiso District. ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson confirmed the successful Read More …
Police are investigating after several suspicious devices have been found in different parts of the state. The Albuquerque FBI division is leading the investigations as of Tuesday, Jan. 23. Devices have been found in Deming and Las Cruces. According to Read More …