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The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union has appointed Finnish lawyer and civil servant Ilkka Salmi as the EU’s Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, the ministry of the interior has announced in a press release. The release states that Salmi will Read More …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering specialized training on the hazards posed by improvised explosives and potentially dangerous chemicals. The “Chemical Industry Outreach Workshop” is intended for both Guam and CNMI public safety officials, law enforcement partners and people Read More …
The explosion of a Los Angeles Police Department bomb-disposal truck that injured 17 people last month was caused by “human error” after officials underestimated the weight of the fireworks that detonated, authorities said Monday. The June 30 blast came when Read More …
A former member of the Australian Defence Force has been charged with firearm and explosive offences after heavily armed officers stormed his home south-west of Sydney. Police raided two properties in Picton and arrested Michael Brown, 54, as the bomb Read More …
Islamic State “no longer has the capacity to send terrorists onto European soil” thanks to “action taken by the international coalition,” the EU’s counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove, told Le Monde in an interview published Saturday. However, he warned “the Read More …
A Referral Action Day (RAD) targeting online jihadist propaganda took place on 14 July 2021. The European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) at Europol organised the operational activities, which involved law enforcement authorities from Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Slovenia, Read More …
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terror attack in Moscow, apprehending a Russian national, who plotted to set off an explosive in a crowded area, the FSB press office told TASS on Thursday. “The Federal Security Service has Read More …
Indian Head, Maryland – Three employees from Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department received the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in Innovation at the FBI Critical Incident Response Group’s (CIRG) ceremony last month. Read More …
Foreign Ministers from the European Union on Monday agreed to set up a military training mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique). According to a press release from the Council of the European Union, the aim of the mission is to “train Read More …
Five Milwaukee men have been charged with felony offenses related to improvised explosive devices after two police officers were injured by a powerful blast during July 4 celebrations on Water Street. Three of the men told police they were driving Read More …
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday nabbed two terrorists associated with the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda. They were arrested after ATS raided their home in Lucknow’s Kakori area. In a statement, ATS said that they got information about Read More …
Regina police have arrested and charged a 23-year-old man in connection with explosives left at an east Regina Superstore Friday. Around 10:50 a.m., police received a call from a person in the 2000 block of Prince of Wales reporting a Read More …
The imam at a local mosque used the house as a hideout for Neo JMB militants, say police Members of the police’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit recovered a huge stash of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and bomb-making Read More …
At least three policemen were injured after an improvised explosive device went off near their vehicle in Bannu’s Ghoriwala, police said Sunday. A police spokesperson told SAMAA TV that the policemen were on a routine patrol when the bomb went Read More …
BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. — Explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 104th Civil Engineering Squadron attended Raven’s Challenge Interoperability Exercise June 6-11, 2021, at Fort Devens Army Base, Devens, Massachusetts. Raven’s Challenge is an annual, interagency, counter improvised Read More …
The explosive disposal plan of police created tension after the material exploded suddenly at Mangalampadu under Khammam Rural on Thursday. As per available details, following court instructions, personnel from Khammam Rural police station decided to dispose of the explosives that Read More …
A police worker who ran a survivalist YouTube channel and “hoarded” banned weapons and explosive substances has been jailed for 27 months. Zoe Ashley Watts – a former PCSO – also made an improvised explosive device at her home in Read More …
Hong Kong police have arrested nine people including six high school children over an alleged terrorist plot. Members of the group are aged between 15 and 39 years old. Police said they had rented a room in a hotel to Read More …
Turkish security forces on Tuesday apprehended a Daesh terrorist planning to carry out an attack in the country’s southern province of Adana. The counterterrorism units carried out a raid upon receiving intelligence from the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Ihlas News Read More …
Men of the Imo State Police Command have foiled what would have been an attack on the military checkpoint along Owerri/ Orlu Road and arrested four members of the proscribed ESN/IPOB organisation. The futile bid of the hoodlums, who came Read More …