Northern Ireland: Pipe bomb defused in Co Down security alert

A pipe bomb has been recovered as a security alert ended in Newtownards on Saturday morning. The security alert began on Friday night in the Ardmillan Crescent area with the discovery of the suspicious object. The explosive was diffused by Read More …

North Carolina: Police confirm 2 pipe bomb devices found at Hickory church, suspect arrested

The Hickory Police Department confirmed two “pipe bomb-type” devices were found at a church in Hickory on Sunday afternoon and have identified the suspect believed to be responsible. The suspect has since been arrested and several law enforcement agencies were Read More …

Mali: Seven UN peacekeepers wounded in IED attack

Seven soldiers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were wounded last Saturday after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off under their convoy, the mission said. The roadside IED exploded as the convoy went over Read More …

Somalia, Uganda thwart terror attacks in their capitals

Somali and Uganda on Monday said that the security forces of the East African nations have thwarted terror attacks in their capital cities. Forces of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) averted a planned al-Shabaab terrorist group attack on Read More …

Russia: Detainee for attempt on writer Prilepin’s life charged with terrorism

Russia’s investigative committee has charged Alexander Permyakov, detained for an attempt on the life of the writer Zakhar Prilepin, with terrorism and is petitioning for his arrest, the committee’s press service told reporters on Monday. “The Main Investigation Department of Read More …

Malaysian police discover three homemade pipe bombs at Jalan Klang Lama

After an explosion at a shop in Jalan Klang Lama, the police discovered three homemade bombs made from modified plastic (PVC) pipes. Brickfields district police chief Amihizam Shukor said police received a report on the explosion at about 6am via Read More …

Kenya: Six General Service Unit personnel injured in IED attack in Rhamu, Mandera

Six General Service Unit personnel were Monday injured after their vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device in Rhamu, Mandera County. The officers were driving in an official vehicle headed for Mandera town on Monday evening when they ran Read More …

Bulgarian top prosecutor escapes bomb attack on his car

Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev has escaped unscathed after a large explosion occurred Monday near his car which the authorities have described as a targeted attack on him. Attackers had placed a bomb at a bend in the road where Read More …

Russia: Freight train derails after explosion in Bryansk region

The locomotive of a freight train derailed after an explosive device went off in the Bryansk Region in western Russia, Governor Alexander Bogomaz reported on Monday. “An unidentified explosive device went off at the 136th kilometer of the Bryansk-Unecha railroad Read More …

Illinois: Police, FBI investigating after explosive device found in Marissa trailer park

Marissa Police, a state bomb squad and the FBI are investigating after a police officer found an explosive device in a Marissa trailer park early Saturday. Authorities closed roads and evacuated some trailers at the South Marissa Trailer Park as Read More …

Ukraine: ‘Traitor’ police chief who defected to Russia killed in explosion in Melitopol

A police officer who defected to Russia was killed in an explosion in the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol on Thursday. Oleksandr Mishchenko succumbed to his grievous injuries after an improvised device exploded at the entrance to the block where Read More …

Japan: Police seize likely explosive powder from attack suspect’s home

Police seized powder believed to be used in making explosives at the home of a man accused of throwing an explosive device near Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who was campaigning for a Lower House by-election. Investigators suspect that the silver-colored Read More …

Pakistan: Inspector loses life in Khuzdar blast

The inspector lost his life on the spot as his vehicle was completely destroyed in the attack. A huge contingent of police reached the spot and shifted the dead body to the district headquarters hospital Khuzdar. Senior administration and police Read More …

India: At least 11 Jawans killed in IED blast by Naxals in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Sources said Naxals attacked a patrolling party on Wednesday afternoon on Aranpur road in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada. A Team of DRG was returning in a vehicle to their headquarters when an IED planted on the Aranpur road exploded, killing at least Read More …

Cameroon: Six military personnel killed in bomb explosion in the Far North region

At least six Cameroonian military personnel were killed on Monday by an anti-personnel mine explosion in the vicinity of the town of Hiteré, located in the Far North region, according to authorities. Security sources quoted by the Cameroonian news portal Read More …

Germany arrests 28-year-old Syrian over ‘radical Islamist’ bomb plot

German authorities arrested a 28-year-old Syrian national on Tuesday morning, one of two brothers suspected of planning to blow up civilian targets using a homemade explosives belt for “radical Islamist and jihadist” reasons, a statement said. Public prosecutors in the Read More …

South Carolina: Man arrested after pipe bomb, homemade firearm found in Summerville home

Summerville Police say a man is behind bars after officers found a pipe bomb in his home. During his arrest, officers say they observed a “pipe bomb”, and surrounding neighbors were advised to evacuate their homes, The Charleston County Bomb Read More …

Kansas: Wichita police bomb squad responds after homemade pipe bomb is found in empty lot

A homemade pipe bomb found in an empty lot in Newton drew response from both Newton and Wichita police. A Newton police offer responded to a call of a “suspicious device” around 6:15 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Read More …