Nigeria: Two officers killed in the attack on police station in Imo

Two officers attached to Isu police division of Imo state have been killed following an attack on the station by gunmen. The attack was confirmed in a statement issued on Monday by Rabiu Hussaini, Imo commissioner of police, through Michael Read More …

UK: Neighbours tormented by racist thug who wanted to petrol bomb home

Hot-headed bully Simon Fullerton, 37, threatened to ‘slit the throats and cut the jugular’ of his neighbours as well as petrol bomb their home during a terrifying ‘ongoing feud’. An abusive and intimidating thug threatened to “slit the throats and Read More …

Electric grid is ‘attractive target’ for domestic violent extremists in US, intel brief says

Domestic violent extremists will “likely continue” to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical infrastructure in the United States, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security intelligence briefing obtained by CNN. Since at least 2020, domestic extremists have developed Read More …

Ireland: Police investigating claims pipe bombs were also left at the scene after Conor McGregor’s pub is attacked with petrol bombs

Conor McGregor’s £2million Dublin pub was attacked with petrol bombs overnight hours after it is believed the UFC star was at the venue. Police are investigating the attack – possibly carried out by two men on scooters – at the Read More …

Iowa: Monticello man charged with arson after basement explosion injuring deputy

A Monticello man faces a first-degree arson charge, accused of causing an explosion in his home’s basement that injured a Jones County deputy last month. David J. Costello, 62, had threatened to set off a bomb at his home Nov. Read More …

Gangsters use vehicles to ram into Mexico prison and free nine inmates

Mexican gangsters used a convoy of vehicles – including a truck with homemade armour-plating – to ram their way into a prison before opening fire at guards and rescuing nine inmates. Several other vehicles were also set on fire in Read More …

Northern Ireland: Lurgan man admitted to making ‘blast-incendiary improvised’ bomb

A Co. Armagh man has admitted making a “blast-incendiary improvised” bomb. With Sean Fintan Burns standing in the dock of Craigavon Crown Court on Thursday, defence counsel Damien Halleron asked for him to be re-arraigned on three of the four Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police arrest four people after bus was hijacked and set on fire in County Down

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested four people nearly two weeks after a bus was hijacked and set on fire in County Down. The force has said it believes the arson was carried out by loyalists from a local faction Read More …

Risks associated with the use of fire as a weapon by terrorists in the Australian context

“Pyro-terrorism is the use of incendiary attacks to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, to advance political or social objectives” (Baird, 2006). Pyroterrorism attacks differ from traditional arson attacks and can comprise a component Read More …

Russia: Four IS supporters arrested in Ingushetia for plotting terror attacks

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained four supporters of the IS terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia), who were plotting attacks in Ingushetia, in particular against law enforcement officers with the use of explosive devices, FSB Public Affairs department told Read More …

North Carolina: Search warrants show how police connected man to explosive devices found around Brevard

Newly-obtained search warrants and a probable cause affidavit are shedding light on how police were able to connect a man to more than a dozen explosive devices found around downtown Brevard in March. It all started the morning of Sunday, Read More …

Northern Ireland: Rioters pelt police with 30 petrol bombs and torch three hijacked cars in series of ‘orchestrated attacks’ on fifth night of violence

Police officers were attacked with petrol bombs last night as violence erupted once again in Northern Ireland amid loyalist riots over the post-Brexit trading arrangements. A total of 30 bombs were hurled at police in Newtownabbey, on the outskirts of Read More …

China: Explosion kills 5, injures 5 in Guangzhou

Five people were killed in an explosion at a building in Mingjing village, Panyu district, Guangzhou, in South China’s Guangdong province on Monday, including the person suspected of setting off the blast. Another five were also injured. The suspect, identified Read More …

North Carolina: Man arrested in Brevard explosives case

Police have made an arrest after finding more than a dozen explosives scattered around the city of Brevard on Sunday. Terry Lee Barham, 64, of Brevard, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon and taken to the Transylvania County Jail, where Read More …

UK: Student caused mass panic with explosive parcels sent in Amazon fraud plot

A student caused mass disruption and panic around the UK when he sent improvised explosives through the post as part of an elaborate fraud plot. Ovidijus Margelis, 26, rigged packages with match heads, combustible paper, and timer devices in order Read More …

Cyprus: Man held in connection with Limassol Cyta branch explosion

Limassol police are questioning a 27-year-old professional soldier (Syop) in connection with an explosion at a Cyprus telecommunications authority (Cyta) branch on December 13, the Cyprus News Agency reported late on Tuesday. The suspect has been arrested and is expected Read More …

Internal NYPD memo warns of cops being targets of IED, vehicle attacks

The NYPD has been on the alert for weeks for possible attacks similar to Friday’s deliberate RV explosion in Nashville, The Post has learned. An internal NYPD memo issued earlier this month warned that law enforcement were the “priority targets” Read More …

France: Masked mob of protesters hurl Molotov cocktails and torch cars in Paris

Riots have flared in Paris as a masked mob lobbed Molotov cocktails and torched cars over a contentious law banning the filming of cops. Scores of hooded anarchists launched projectiles at riot cops, smashed up shop windows, and burned barricades Read More …