Philippines: Improvised bomb neutralized by soldiers in Lamitan

Government security forces intercepted and safely neutralized an improvised explosive device (IED) in Barangay Balobo early Monday morning, thwarting a potential bombing attempt just hours before polling precincts opened for the first parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Read More …

NYC Unveils Expanded Security Plans for 9/11 Anniversary and Rosh Hashanah

New York City officials unveiled security plans for Friday’s 25th anniversary commemoration of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the start of Rosh Hashanah, with the NYPD increasing deployments across Lower Manhattan and at Jewish institutions throughout the five boroughs. Read More …

UK: Swindon man ‘planned to help Russian sabotage of drone factory’

A man has appeared in court charged with terror offences after allegedly planning to assist Russian security forces with the sabotage of a drone factory. Joshua Cammidge, 31, is accused of helping the GRU Volunteer Corps and planned to ‘torch’ Read More …

Arkansas: Two arrested after Roseville police seize suspected explosive device

Roseville police are continuing to investigate after officers discovered what they believed was an improvised explosive device during a traffic stop on Labor Day. The traffic stop occurred about 6:11 p.m. Monday near Atkinson and Ivy streets. The men told Read More …

New Zealand: Small improvised explosive device found at Christchurch playground

A bomb disposal team was called to a Christchurch playground Tuesday morning after a passerby found an explosive. Police say they were told cabout a suspicious item at Larch Reserve in Casebrook just before midday. A NZDF spokesperson said its Read More …

India: K9 experts gather in Hyderabad

K9 units have become an increasingly important component of India’s security and emergency-response infrastructure. Specially trained dogs are deployed for explosive and narcotics detection, search and rescue, tracking, security operations and other specialised tasks. To showcase the contributions of K9 Read More …

Pakistan: Police constable killed in IED attack on police van in KP’s Karak

A police constable was killed and six officials were injured on Monday when an improvised explosive device (IED) was used to attack a police patrol van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district. Karak District Police Officer’s (DPO) spokesperson Shaukat Khan said Read More …

Ukraine: Explosion at Rivne police station occurred during bomb disposal operations

An explosion at a district police station in Rivne on 31 August which killed one member of staff and injured three others occurred as bomb disposal experts were at work. A criminal investigation has been opened into the negligent storage Read More …

Netherlands: Amsterdam home targeted with explosives 3 times in 1 day

On Saturday, a home on Professor R. Casimirstraat in Amsterdam was targeted three times with explosives. Two of the attempts resulted in explosions. However, just after midnight, police prevented the third explosion by arresting a 16-year-old boy from Amsterdam. The Defense Read More …

Northern Ireland: Teenager arrested after suspicious devices found in Omagh

A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with a security alert in Omagh. Residents were forced to evacuate their homes after a suspicious device was found at a property in the town yesterday morning. Police searched the home in Read More …

Australia: Bomb squad called to Wagga home as man arrested for allegedly building IEDs

Bomb squad police have swarmed a quiet street in Wagga after a disturbing swath of weaponry and improvised explosives was found in a home. Police raided the NSW Riverina home on Thursday, uncovering a huge cache of improvised explosive devices, Read More …

India: Three Babbar Khalsa operatives arrested with 5 kg explosives, guns in Chandigarh

Three suspected operatives linked to the banned terror group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) were arrested, police said on Monday, with around 5 kilograms of gelatin stick explosives, a detonator, a remotely operated triggering system, a pistol, a magazine and five Read More …

Ireland: Gardaí confirm ‘viable devices’ removed from house in Dundalk

A number of viable devices were removed from a house in a Dundalk housing estate on Friday afternoon. Gardaí evacuated houses in the immediate vicinity, closed the road to the passage of traffic, and created a safe cordon. The Defence Forces’ Read More …

UK: Row of supercars petrol bombed during Birmingham wedding

Several petrol bombs have been thrown at a row of supercars outside a wedding venue in a terrifying attack in Birmingham. Three landed close to guests, including a baby, outside the Royal Shalimar venue in Sparkbrook, Birmingham. Two more landed near what Read More …

New York: Woman charged with ISIS-Inspired terror plot targeting New York State Capitol

Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, New York, made her initial appearance today in federal court on charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, ISIS. “As alleged, Bowie plotted to deploy an explosive device at the New York State Read More …

Turkey: Explosive drone hits police center in Trabzon province

A suspected drone carrying explosives crashed into the grounds of a police department in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Trabzon, damaging three parked vehicles but causing no casualties, local authorities said. The object fell into the courtyard of the Arsin District Security Read More …

India: Punjab Police foils terror plot, recovers 690 gram IED

Amritsar Rural Police on Sunday said it had foiled a terror plot targeting a police establishment and recovered a 690-gram improvised explosive device (IED) along with an electronic detonator. “Amritsar Rural Police averts a terror plot targeting a police establishment Read More …

Netherlands: Police arrest suspect in series of Assen home explosions

Dutch police arrested a suspect Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in one or more explosions in Assen. The blasts targeted homes on Kalverstraat and Entingestraat beginning July 25. Authorities had previously confirmed a link between the incidents. Police have released Read More …

ATF provides blast investigation training to Mexican authorities

The National Center for Explosives Training and Research, located on Redstone Arsenal, recently hosted 21 members of the Mexican Federal Police, Federal Attorney General’s Office, State Police, and Mexican Military Personnel for an intensive Post Blast Investigative Techniques course. This Read More …