Philippines: Arms cache, IEDs discovered in Kabankalan

Government forces unearthed an assortment of weapons and explosives at Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental yesterday. The cache included a serviceable .357 caliber revolver, a serviceable homemade 12-gauge shotgun, two nonfunctional .38 caliber revolvers, a fragmentation grenade, Read More …

Louisiana: Landry wants to spend at least $19 million more on state police in New Orleans before July

Gov. Jeff Landry is asking the Louisiana Legislature to put an extra $19.1 million into public safety initiatives for New Orleans over the next five months. All of the money will go toward Louisiana State Police, according to a budget Read More …

New York: Three incendiary devices found in Chester home

On Friday, Orange and Rockland County Sheriff’s Deputies were in the Village of Chester serving a temporary order of protection and executing a firearms surrender when deputies located a bag that contained what appeared to be an Improvised Explosive Device Read More …

UK: Three people who displayed paraglider images at pro-Palestine rally guilty of terror offence

Three people who displayed images of paragliders at a pro-Palestinian march have been convicted of a terrorist offence. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, attached images of paragliders to their backs, while Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, stuck one to Read More …

UK: Man charged after counter-terror police operation

An 18-year-old man has been charged with several offences as part of an ongoing terrorism probe. Muhammad Zakir Arif of Bury in Greater Manchester will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later. Mr Arif man was arrested following an operation led Read More …

Bangladesh: Two police officers among three hurt in crude bomb blast in Barishal

Three people including two policemen sustained injuries in a crude bomb explosion in Gournadi municipality of Barishal on Tuesday morning. The injured are Gournadi Model Police Station’s Sub-Inspector Kamal Hossain and Constable Mizanur Rahman, and civilian Masum Hawlader. Police and Read More …

Queensland: Police evacuate 5km exclusion zone after explosive chemical spill

There’s no timeline for when residents will be allowed to return home after the rollover of a truck carrying explosive chemicals in Queensland. The Bruce Highway has been blocked in both directions at Bloomsbury, north of Mackay in Queensland, after Read More …

Moldova destroyed explosives found in a Shahed drone that strayed from the war in Ukraine

Authorities in Moldova said Monday they destroyed explosives discovered in a part of a Shahed drone that crashed on its territory from the war in neighboring Ukraine. Police said that 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives were discovered during an Read More …

UK: Teenager charged in counter-terrorism investigation

Counter-terrorism police have charged a second teenager in the West Midlands as part of an ongoing investigation. Shaan Farooq, aged 18, from Birmingham, was charged on January 26 with one count of possessing terrorism material and three counts of distributing Read More …

UK: Arson attack on Huntingdon Police Station left officers fearing for their lives

A man who threw three petrol bombs towards the open window of a police station with officers inside has been sentenced. Voldemaras Rimasauskas, 31, threw the homemade devices towards Huntingdon Police Station on 9 December 2022. Three officers were in Read More …

Sweden: Bombmaker’s accidental self-reveal shocks towns

A chilling wave of fear swept across the quiet Swedish towns of Skillingaryd and Jönköping in fall of 2022. Twin bomb scares had residents on edge, with evidence suggesting a single unknown culprit. But the big break didn’t come until Read More …

Pakistan: Ten police officers killed, six injured in terrorist attack on police station in DI Khan

Terrorists in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district attacked a police station in the wee hours of Monday, leaving at least 10 cops martyred and six others injured. The terrorists attacked the police station from all sides with grenades and heavy Read More …

Pakistan: Five terror suspects arrested in Punjab

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested five terror suspects linked with different banned outfits during operations across different areas of Punjab. According to a CTD spokesman, the Department conducted 70 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different districts of the province to Read More …

UK: Islamist extremists including youth who failed to report chemical bomb plot jailed

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 …

Calgary man stockpiled homemade bombs to prep for ‘breakdown in society’

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 …

Rhode Island: National security, bombings among topics of URI’s Spring Forensic Seminar Partnership Series

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 …

Colorado: More details released from investigation following death of heavily armed man at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in 2023

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 …

Michigan: Illegal explosives made where you least expect it

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 …

Sweden: Police destroy ‘dangerous object’ found at Israeli embassy in Stockholm

The Swedish police’s bomb squad have detonated a ”dangerous object” found by staff at Israel’s embassy in Stockholm. It was found outside the embassy building, but inside its fenced-off compound. Police say the object could have detonated, but they have Read More …