3 people face federal charges in Tesla arson attacks in U.S. as 80 more vehicles damaged in Canada

About 80 Tesla vehicles at a car dealership in Canada were damaged, authorities said, as the U.S. attorney general announced charges Thursday against three people accused of using Molotov cocktails to set fire to Tesla cars and charging stations. On Read More …

Greece: Police pelted with rocks and petrol bombs in protest over rail crash

Scores of youths have hurled rocks and petrol bombs at police in from of Greece’s parliament building during mass protests to mark the the second anniversary of a devastating train crash in northern Greece. Following hours of peaceful rallies in Read More …

Ireland: Improvised explosive devices seized in Northern Dublin as man arrested

Improvised explosive devices were seized in North Dublin on Monday as one man was arrested. As part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in North Dublin, Gardaí arrested a man and seized several improvised explosive devices on Monday morning. At Read More …

Netherlands: Police probe blast outside law firm offices in The Hague

Police are investigating an explosion outside a building housing several law firms in The Hague. No one was injured in the blast but there was some damage to the building. The explosion took place around 10 pm on the Laan Read More …

Albania’s police fire teargas to disperse protesters hurling petrol bombs

Albanian police fired tear gas to disperse opposition protesters who hurled petrol bombs at government buildings and smashed city property in what they said was part of a civil disobedience against the government. More than 1,000 police officers were deployed Read More …

Ireland: Five men arrested after gardaí recover 19 petrol bombs from car in Co Kildare

Five men have been arrested after gardaí recovered a total of 19 petrol bombs from a car they had stopped in Co Kildare. Four men were arrested when detective gardaí attached to Leixlip Garda Station intercepted the car in the Read More …

Northern Ireland: Petrol bombs thrown at police in second night of rioting in Belfast

Belfast has experienced a second night of violent disorder as rioters threw petrol bombs and missiles at police. At least one police vehicle was burned and several blazes lit in the Sandy Row and Donegall Road areas of south Belfast. Read More …

UK: Renewed rioting sweeps across several cities in wake of child murders

Violent disorder swept across several British cities on Saturday, injuring police and damaging property in the most widespread rioting in the country for 13 years, following the murder of three young girls in northwest England. Riots involving hundreds of anti-immigration Read More …

Ireland: Cells raided in Mountjoy Prison in major response to ‘sinister’ petrol bomb attack on prison guard’s home

Cells across Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison have been raided in a major response to a “sinister” petrol bomb attack on a prison officer’s home. The Irish Mirror has learned that a massive search took place across the prison throughout Tuesday after Read More …

Ireland: Gardai say no evidence of drone bomb deliveries in Coolock amid ongoing protests

Gardai say they have no evidence that drones were being used to deliver petrol bombs to the controversial former Crown Paints site in Coolock – despite a court hearing fears of that a week ago. “An Garda Siochana has no Read More …

Hong Kong: Ringleader in a petrol bomb case jailed for almost four years

A man who was among 12 crime suspects caught during an attempt to travel to Taiwan by speedboat in 2020 was jailed for three years and 10 months by the District Court on Tuesday. Tang Kai-yin, 34, had earlier admitted Read More …

Germany: Three teenagers detained in Düsseldorf over ‘Islamist attack’ plot

Police have detained two teenage girls and a boy in western Germany on suspicions they were planning an Islamist attack, prosecutors said Friday. The trio, aged from 15 to 16, are “strongly suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated terror attack and Read More …

Lithuania: Molotov cocktails thrown at Russian embassy in Vilnius

The Russian embassy in Vilnius was targeted with Molotov cocktails on two consecutive nights, prompting an extensive investigation by Lithuanian authorities, according to reports on Monday. The first attack occurred late on Saturday, followed by another identical incident on Sunday Read More …

Malaysia: Molotov cocktail thrown at KK Super Mart in Bidor

Police are investigating an incident where a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a KK Super Mart outlet in Bidor, Perak. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusof Hassan Basri said they have obtained CCTV footage of the incident, which Read More …

UK: Man jailed for throwing homemade petrol bomb at an Edinburgh family home

A man who threw a petrol bomb at an Edinburgh family home to “scare” a man has been jailed for five years. Joseph Haughian, 38, threw the weapon at Lewis Gosman and struck a window in the Moredun area on Read More …

Utah: SLCPD arrest man with suspected explosive device in his pickup truck

Salt Lake City Police closed down State Street in both directions from 800-900 South Saturday night after the discovery of a potential bomb threat. The SLCPD said it arrested 51-year-old Arthur Lloyd Palmer after pulling him over for expired registration 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 …

Ohio: Man who threw Molotov cocktails at church gets 18-year prison term

An Ohio man who had allegedly been a member of a neo-Nazi “white lives matter” group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for firebombing a church that planned to host drag events, the US justice department announced on Read More …

Northern Ireland: Teenager charged over petrol bomb attack on Police in Carrickfergus

A teenager has been charged over an incident where petrol bombs were thrown at Police officers in Carrickfergus. The 15-year old is charged with a number of offences including possession of a petrol bomb in suspicious circumstances, throwing a petrol Read More …

UK: Night violence in Niddrie and Glasgow was organised, say police

Eight police officers have been injured in what police described as organised Bonfire Night clashes in Scotland. The most serious disorder took place in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh, where a group of 50 youths threw fireworks and petrol bombs Read More …