UK: Manchester response ‘not as expected’, counter-terror boss says

A counter-terror chief has expressed confusion over why police would declare a marauding terrorist firearms attack and not tell other emergency services, the Manchester Arena inquiry has heard. Operation Plato was declared by a duty officer from Greater Manchester Police Read More …

Ethiopia arrests 15 over UAE embassy attack plot

Ethiopia’s state-run media have said authorities arrested 15 people over a plot to attack the United Arab Emirates’ embassy in the capital, Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) on Wednesday cited a statement from the National Intelligence and Security Read More …

Afghanistan: ANA and ANP discovered explosives and IEDs in Helmand, Kandahar and Balkh provinces

Commando forces discovered and destroyed a cache of Taliban’s explosives and 2 of their strongholds in Nad-Ali district of Helmand province last night. 2 Taliban were killed and 1 other was arrested during the operations. A number of weapons and Read More …

Los Angeles: Steady nerves and patience – How a bomb squad defused a box of old dynamite in Glendora

Many people store things in their basement and forget about them. It’s not often that the forgotten thing turns out to be dynamite. Such a discovery over the weekend in a Glendora basement in the 200 block of East Bennett Read More …

South Africa: Bomb squad frees cash guard with explosive device strapped to body

A police bomb disposal team disarmed an explosive device strapped to the body of a hijacked cash-in-transit guard in Cape Town on Saturday. SBV Services confirmed that two teams of guards delivering cash to an ATM were hijacked and later Read More …

North Carolina community concerned after months of explosions, homemade explosive device found recently

Explosions are waking people up in the middle of the night. For the past six months, people living in a Gibsonville neighborhood have reported the blasts to police. Video Transcript – A dark green charred fuse connected to a copper Read More …

New Zealand: Three years in prison for fake bomb maker

An airport security officer who planted a fake bomb was “cruel” in executing his plan two days after the Christchurch mosque attacks, a judge said. Preetam Prakash Maid (32) appeared in the Dunedin District Court for sentence yesterday and was Read More …

JCAT: Vehicle-Borne Attacks – Tactics and Mitigation

SCOPE: This product encourages discussion and creativity among intergovernmental and private sector stakeholders for integrating protective security measures into public and private places to reduce vehicle-borne threats Terrorists use vehicles to target pedestrians, breach physical security barriers, and deliver explosive Read More …

California: Napa Man Charged With Possession Of Five Pipe Bombs

SAN FRANCISCO – Ian Benjamin Rogers was charged yesterday in a federal criminal complaint with possessing five pipe bombs that were unregistered destructive devices, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Read More …

FBI investigates ‘IED attack’ at California church

The FBI is investigating an explosion and vandalism early Saturday at a Southern California church that has drawn protests over its controversial pastor and his anti-LGBTQ views. A fire and explosion were reported shortly after 1 a.m. at First Works Read More …

South Carolina Man Charged With Possession Of HMTD and TATP

A Pickens county, South Carolina man has been arrested and charged by state law enforcement officers with possessing a homemade bomb. According to a news release from the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), 58-year-old David Scott Halsey of Easley, Read More …

Australia: A Homemade Explosive Has Damaged An Adelaide House

Just after midnight on Tuesday 19 January, an explosion was reported in Bauhinia Drive, Parafield Gardens. The front window of the house shattered but there were no reported injuries to the six occupants. Crime scene investigators attended and examined the 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 …

San Francisco: RV park resident arrested after FBI finds bomb-making materials

A resident at a San Francisco RV park was arrested Friday night after the FBI found chemicals used to make explosives, police said Saturday. Police responded to the Candlestick RV Park on the 600 block of Gilman Avenue shortly after Read More …

FBI warns public, law enforcement of ‘substantial’ danger of explosive devices at protests

The danger to the public and to law enforcement officers from explosive devices during protests planned in all 50 states between now and Inauguration Day “is substantial,” the FBI warned in a new awareness bulletin obtained by ABC News. The Read More …

Georgia: Homemade explosive device found in vacant lot in LaGrange

Police are searching for a suspect who planted a homemade explosive device in a vacant lot in LaGrange, Georgia. Officials with the LaGrange Police Department say they were called to the lot on the 500 block of Whitesville Road around Read More …

Northern Ireland: Man avoids prison over firework IED

A man who admitted hoarding the separated parts of a firework-based ‘improvised explosive device’ was freed yesterday after his 12 month jail sentence was suspended for two years. Robert Patrick Dodds (62) from Havana Gardens, north Belfast, admitted having the Read More …

Washington DC: National Guardsmen briefed on IED threat to Capitol

National Guard units are being told to prepare for the possibility that improvised explosive devices will be used by individuals plotting to attack the Capitol in the days surrounding the Inauguration, according to two Guardsmen briefed this week. The briefings Read More …

California: Bomb making materials found during search of Stockton home

Materials used to build explosives were found on Monday during the search of the Stockton home of a man who was arrested Sunday in connection with igniting an explosive device on Saturday. Authorities on Monday evacuated the 2400 block of Read More …

Europol: Returning Foreign Fighter Arrested In Spain

The suspect was part of the so-called Islamic State in the Iraqi-Syrian conflict zone. Europol supported an operation of the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) leading to the arrest of a member of the so-called Islamic State. The suspect had Read More …