UK: Glasgow man caught with three explosive devices under seat of car while out driving

A man who was caught with three improvised explosive devices under the driver’s seat of his car when police stopped the vehicle in Glasgow’s east end has been jailed for 40 months. James Curran claimed that he had drawn inspiration Read More …

UN: IED attacks continue to take their toll on civilians in Mali

Attacks involving Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) continue to take their toll on civilians in Mali. In the first quarter of 2023, the country recorded 39 incidents resulting in over 30 deaths and 86 injuries. On April 9, six passengers, one Read More …

India: Policeman injured while defusing an IED in Chhattisgarh

A policeman was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to have been planted by Maoists, exploded while he was trying to defuse it in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday, police said. This is the third such incident in Read More …

Russia says foiled attack on Crimea’s energy system

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had prevented an attack on energy systems in annexed Crimea, state media reported Wednesday. An unidentified Russian-Ukrainian national was detained in the Crimean city of Kerch on suspicion of preparing to commit an Read More …

Philippines: Homemade bomb blast in Sultan Kudarat province injures eight people

A homemade bomb ripped through a bus in southern Philippines on Monday and wounded at least eight people, a military spokesperson said. Army Major Andrew Linao of the Western Mindanao Command said the bomb went off as the bus with Read More …

Florida: Man arrested after explosion

A Palm Coast man has been arrested after being accused of setting off a homemade explosive device Friday, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. According to a news release, the St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad helped find the Read More …

Niger: Boko Haram IED attack kills operatives of the Niger Republic National Guard

A security expert in Maiduguri, Borno state has recently reported that the National Guard of Niger Republic has lost at least two men to an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Djalori. Allegedly on Friday, 14th April 2023, the men Read More …

Pakistan: Quetta blast claims lives of three children

Three children playing in an abandoned house were killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) explo­ded in the Rehman Kahol area of Balochistan’s Chaman district, officials said on Friday. Two children — identified as Abdul Mateen, 12, and Abdul Qudoos, Read More …

Nepal: Improvised explosive device planted outside rural municipality chair in Rupandehi district defused

Municipality chair in Rupandehi district has been defused on Saturday. A team of Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel disposed of the IED created by inserting explosives into a pressure cooker. Read more… Source: The Kathmandu Post  

Nigeria: Three soldiers injured ‘after running into IED planted by ISWAP’ in Borno

At least three soldiers attached to the 25 task force brigade of Operation Hadin Kai have been reportedly injured after running into an improvised explosive device (IED) in Borno. Allegedly, the troop encountered the IED during a fighting patrol between Read More …

Cyprus: 22-year-old in prison for possession of explosives

The Police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with an investigation into a case of illegal possession and storage of explosives. Before the arrest and securing a court warrant, the Police carried out an investigation of the young man’s home Read More …

Japan: Man arrested after ‘smoke bomb’ is thrown at the prime minister Fumio Kishida

Japan’s prime minister was forced to take cover on Saturday after a pipe-like object believed to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him during an outdoor speech. Fumio Kishida was unharmed in the incident, which came after former Prime Read More …

Spain: Court releases man charged with sending letter bombs

A Spanish magistrate on Friday ordered the conditional release of a man charged with terrorism for sending six letters containing explosives to high-profile diplomatic and government targets. The National Court magistrate said Pompeyo González Pascual, 74, must appear in court Read More …

Nigeria: Unidentified device explodes in Dutse, injures one

An unidentified device suspected to be an improvised explosives device (IED) has exploded in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital. The explosion, according to an eyewitness and the police in the state, happened late Tuesday at Hakimi Street, Dutse and left Read More …

Northern Ireland: Four suspected pipe bombs found in cemetery in Creggan

Four suspected pipe bombs have been found by police in a cemetery in Northern Ireland. Officers sealed off the City Cemetery in Creggan, Londonderry, on Tuesday following the discovery of a suspicious device. Police said all four devices were located Read More …

Pakistan: Four killed in blast targeting police vehicle in Quetta

Four people were killed and eight injured in a bombing targeting a police vehicle in a marketplace in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, a hospital official said. According to senior police official Shafqat Cheema the target was Read More …

India: DRG jawan injured in blast while diffusing IED in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur

One District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan got injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast planted by Naxals in the Bahker forest on Friday, police said. The incident took place under the limits of the Chhotedongar police station area of Read More …

Pakistan: Two security personnel martyred, four injured in IED blast in Khyber district

Two security personnel were martyred and four others injured after their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Bara area of district Khyber on Saturday. Security forces have launched a search operation in the area to arrest the Read More …