UK: Further searches after bomb squad removes ‘suspect item’ from flat

Further searches are under way after a bomb squad removed a “suspect item” from a flat in Glasgow on Monday. Police were called to the scene on Petershill Road in the Springburn area of the city just after 10am on 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 …

UK: Homes evacuated and man arrested after bomb squad called to a flat in Glasgow

Homes have been evacuated and a man has been arrested after bomb disposal units were called to a block of flats in Glasgow. Police are currently at the scene on Petershill Road in the Springburn area of the city after 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 …

Northern Ireland: Police vehicle attacked with suspected petrol bomb in Derry

A suspected petrol bomb has been thrown at a police vehicle in Derry. The incident happened in the Shearwater Way area of Derry at around 10am on Saturday as officers attended a reported incident. The PSNI said the vehicle then came 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 …

UK: Sharnbrook house explosion investigated by counter terror police

Counter terrorism police have been deployed to the aftermath of a small explosion at a house. Emergency services were called to the property in Loring Road in Sharnbrook following the incident at about 19:40 BST on Monday. Bedfordshire Police said 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 …

Northern Ireland: PSNI vehicle attacked with petrol bombs during republican parade in Londonderry

Police in Northern Ireland have condemned a petrol bomb attack on officers during an Easter parade as “senseless and reckless”. The incendiary devices were thrown at an armoured police Land Rover in Creggan, Londonderry, on Easter Monday, while officers attended 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 …

Northern Ireland police have ‘strong intelligence’ of attacks being planned against officers on Easter Monday

Police in Northern Ireland have said they have “strong” intelligence terror attacks are being planned against their officers on Easter Monday. Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Simon Byrne said that officers would be moved to frontline duties Read More …

LARPing and Violent Extremism

Over the past half century, live action role play (LARP) has grown into a worldwide cultural phenomenon. It involves preplanned theater wherein participants portray characters in an imaginary environment and interact with one another in real time. This article will Read More …

Sweden: Police arrest 5 in anti-terror raids against Islamist suspects

Police in Sweden have arrested five people suspected of conspiracy to commit terrorist offences. Raids were carried out in the towns of Eskiltuna and Strängnäs, west of Stockholm; and Linköping, south of the capital, on Tuesday morning, with the Swedish Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban Intelligence arrests perpetrator of Balkh explosions

The Intelligence Department has announced the arrest of one of the perpetrators involved in several deadly attacks in the Balkh province of Afghanistan, including the assassination of Mohammad Dawood Muzamal, governor of Balkh, on Sunday. The department aired the “confessions” Read More …

Northern Ireland: Bomb disposal teams at the scene of New IRA linked Derry search operation

Bomb disposal teams were at the scene of a police operation in Derry. The search operation was targeting “New IRA activity”, police said. It was carried out in the Letterkenny Road area of the city. Read more… Source: BelfastLive  

Ecuador police deactivate explosive device taped to guard

Police successfully deactivated a vest-like explosive device Thursday that an unknown number of people allegedly had taped to the chest of a security guard at a jewelry store in Ecuador’s main port city. The guard was uninjured. Authorities would question Read More …

Kansas: IEDs found in residence, man arrested after 12-hour standoff in Cherryvale

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (MGSO) arrested a man Tuesday morning after a standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Montgomery County Detectives searched his home and found what appeared to be explosives inside the room where Whittley was located. The Read More …

Montana: Suspected pipe bomb detonated near Old Steel Bridge in Kalispell

The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office explosive team blew up a pipe bomb a pedestrian found on Tuesday afternoon near Kalispell’s Old Steel Bridge. Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino says the person stumbled across the device around 1 p.m. A police Read More …