Thailand: Police discover abandoned van with Superpower 90 explosives inside

On Sunday, Police at Mae Sai station in Chiang Rai received a report about a suspicious sack inside a van parked near a shopping mall in Mae Sai Municipality, only about 200 metres from the police station. Officers immediately informed Read More …

Ireland: Gardaí investigate bomb threat to Simon Harris’s Wicklow home in major security operation

Gardaí are investigating claims that a bomb has been left at the home of Tánaiste Simon Harris in Greystones, Co Wicklow. Multiple calls were made to An Garda Síochána claiming there was a bomb at the Harris family home on Read More …

Northern Ireland: Man arrested in Belfast following security alert

A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing and making explosives after a security alert in Belfast. Police were searching a property at Bentham Drive, off Sandy Row in the city yesterday when they found several suspicious objects. Army bomb Read More …

Netherlands: Police secure explosive device in Baarn, suspect arrested

Police arrested a suspect on Sunday morning after an explosive device was discovered near a home on Professor Fockema Andreaelaan in Baarn. According to RTV Utrecht, no detonation occurred. The explosive device was found around 8:30 a.m. near a car Read More …

Pennsylvania: FBI Honors Bucks County K9 Team For Role In Domestic Bombing Case

Bucks County Deputy Sheriff Christina Brewerton and her K9 partner, Zeke, have received a special commendation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Newark Division – for their assistance in the investigation of a domestic bombing case in July. Read More …

UK: Man jailed after explosives found at his Sunderland home

A North East man has been jailed after explosive substances were found in his home, after bomb experts called in to check them. Andrew Tait, 42, was arrested when police attended his Pennywell Road home in Sunderland after being tipped Read More …

Pennsylvania: $5,000 reward offered for man wanted after lawnmower explosion and suspicious fire in Westmoreland County

A $5,000 reward is out for a man police want in connection with a lawnmower explosion and suspicious house fire in Westmoreland County. James Sever is facing multiple charges, including attempted homicide, aggravated assault and the unlawful possession of a Read More …

India: One person arrested after four hand grenades, IED recovered in Punjab’s Batala

Batala police arrested a suspect linked to a Pakistan-backed terror module, seizing grenades and explosives, disrupting a cross-border conspiracy. The Batala police on Monday unearthed a Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence-backed terror module with the arrest of one person and seized four Read More …

Vermont: Explosives triggered evacuations and road closure in Burlington

Police say explosive devices discovered at a Burlington apartment building triggered evacuations and an hourslong road closure in the city. A Burlington man is in jail for allegedly building bombs. And that’s what sparked a massive response from local, state Read More …

New York: Walton man arrested on charges of an explosive device

A Walton man has been arrested on charges of allegedly being in possession of an explosive device, drugs and a firearm. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol Division responded to reports of an individual threatening self-harm on August 6th. Read More …

Ireland: Controlled explosion after historical device found at Sandymount Strand

The Army Bomb Squad conducted a controlled explosion after a device was found on Sandymount Strand on Friday. The device is understood to have been historical in nature. There were no reports of any injuries. “The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Read More …

Missouri: Springfield Bomb Squad detonates IED found during traffic stop

The Springfield Bomb Squad detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) found during a traffic stop in Aurora, Missouri. According to the Aurora-Marionville Police Department’s probable cause statement, an officer was on patrol on the evening of Aug. 19 when he Read More …

Haiti: Two police officers killed after weaponized ‘kamikaze’ drone explodes

Two Haitian police officers were killed and six others injured after a weaponized drone launched by a gang-fighting task force exploded in the hills above Port-au-Prince, near where an Irish missionary and several others were abducted by armed gangs. The Read More …

Northern Ireland: Banbridge arson investigation after car destroyed in petrol bomb attack

A car has been destroyed in a late night petrol bomb attack in Co Down. The vehicle was set light in the Castelwellan Road area of Banbridge in what police believe was a petrol bomb attack on Tuesday evening, August Read More …

Sweden: Suspect detained for attempted murder after explosion in Malmö apartment

A man in his 20s was arrested during the night and detained after a decision from the prosecutor. He is suspected of attempted murder and a crime against the law on explosive and flammable goods. It is unknown what has Read More …

India: Three arrested after 10 tons of explosives seized from cattle shed in Ganjam

In a major breakthrough, Kandhamal police on Sunday unearthed a sensational case involving the seizure of a huge cache of explosives from a model cattle shed in Jagannathpur village under Chamakhandi police limits in Ganjam district. Addressing a press conference Read More …

Pakistan: Six police officers killed, 8 injured in multiple attacks on police checkpoints in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least six police officials were martyred and another eight were left injured as militants attacked police checkpoints and patrols across seven districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, including Peshawar, Upper Dir and Lower Dir, police said on Read More …

British Columbia: RCMP and Nelson police safely dispose of improvised explosive device

A live improvised explosive device (IED) was disposed of in Nelson earlier today after a city youth unwittingly brought it back from a recent visit to Trail. On Wednesday afternoon the RCMP explosives disposal unit (EDU) attended the scene — Read More …

Colorado Springs police searching home connected to incendiary device found during traffic stop

Police in Colorado Springs were searching a home on the east side of the city Monday morning tied to an incendiary device found during a traffic stop last week. Last Thursday, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) said Anthony Lopez Read More …

Northern Ireland: Man arrested after ‘multiple viable devices discovered’ in Co Tyrone

One man, aged in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances as residents were forced to spend the night away from their homes after a security alert in Co Tyrone. Emergency services were called to Read More …