Ukraine: Bomb disposal experts destroy Russian drone armed with two mines in Sumy region

In the Sumy region, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists destroyed the warhead of a Russian drone equipped with fragmentation mines. The Sumy Regional Police reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “One of the attack drones used by the enemy Read More …

Ukraine: SBU classifies Odesa car explosion as attempted terrorist attack

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has classified the July 5 car explosion in Odesa’s Kyivskyi district as an attempted terrorist attack. According to the SBU’s regional office in Odesa, the blast occurred in the morning on Varnenska Street, when Read More …

Connecticut: Seymour man arrested for alleged possession of homemade explosives

Police arrested a Seymour man during a domestic disturbance call after officers found homemade explosive devices in the home. While conducting the investigation for the reported domestic disturbance, police said they found what appeared to be “improvised” explosive devices along Read More …

EDU turns 50: Celebrating the past and high-tech future of the BC RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit

2025 marks a milestone for the BC RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit (EDU), as the unit celebrates 50 years of service in British Columbia. Started with just two part-time members in 1975 when the RCMP took over explosives work across BC, Read More …

Thailand: Hidden explosives uncovered in sand at Patong Beach

Holidaymakers were left rattled as police scoured Phuket’s beaches to unearth a series of hidden explosive devices planted by suspects intent on chaos. Police confirmed yesterday evening, June 27, that the last two devices connected to the suspects’ shocking confession Read More …

California: 3,300 pounds of illegal fireworks seized, 3 arrested in San Jose police raids

San Jose police arrested three men and seized more than 3,300 pounds of illegal fireworks in a series of recent raids, SJPD said Friday. San Jose residents David Benito-Carbajal, 31, Juan Rocha, 52, and Javier Martinez, 26, were arrested and Read More …

Victoria: Man arrested after police locate guns and explosives in Churchill

Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged a man overnight after locating firearms and explosives in Churchill. A search warrant was executed at a residential property in Churchill yesterday afternoon (Monday, 23 June). As part of the search, police located what Read More …

Northern Ireland: Man accused of pipe bomb attack on Belfast Islamic Centre ‘needs psychiatric assessment’

A man accused of carrying out a pipe bomb attack on the Belfast Islamic Centre may require a psychiatric assessment, a court has heard. Jonathan Robert Bell, 34, was arrested after a viable explosive device was thrown through a window Read More …

Arizona: Three improvised explosive devices found near Sahuarita town

Law enforcement disabled three improvised explosive devices in southern Arizona within a single week, though no arrests have been made, according to Sahuarita police. About 7 p.m. on June 20, the Sahuarita Police Department received 911 calls reporting a suspicious, Read More …

Oregon: Police investigate ‘improvised explosive’ which led to I-5 closure, suspect arrested

Several blocks in Northeast Portland closed on Thursday afternoon as police searched the area following the arrest of a man accused of making a makeshift bomb. Portland resident Alexander R. Wick, 38, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center Read More …

Portugal arrests six linked to a far-right group, seizes explosives and weapons

Portuguese authorities arrested six people linked to a far-right group and seized explosive material and several firearms, police said Tuesday. The detainees are believed to belong to the so-called Movimento Armilar Lusitano (MAL), which sought to establish itself as a Read More …

Pakistan: Two police officials killed in grenade attack in Balochistan’s Sui

In a tragic incident in the Sui area of Dera Bugti district, Balochistan, two policemen were martyred and another was injured following a grenade attack on a police vehicle. The incident occurred in the Tota Colony while the police mobile Read More …

New York man allegedly made explosives, tossed them from Williamsburg Bridge

A New York man faces charges after he allegedly made several explosive devices and threw some of them off the Williamsburg Bridge, prosecutors said Friday. Prosecutors claim Michael Gann made six of the devices, and set one of them off Read More …

Northern Ireland: PSNI come under attack for fourth night

Police have come under attack for a fourth consecutive night in Northern Ireland as disorder spread through multiple towns. Missiles were thrown at officers after a protest in Portadown on Thursday, continuing a trend that was sparked earlier in the Read More …

Pennsylvania: Westmoreland County man arrested after police find drugs, guns, explosive device in his home

A Westmoreland County man was arrested after police say they located a large amount of illicit drugs, guns and an explosive device inside his home. Pennsylvania State Police say officers executed the warrant at the home of David Ackerman, 50, Read More …

Netherlands: Police arrest eight “sovereign citizens”, seize guns, explosives

Dutch police have arrested eight people suspected of belonging to an “anti-institutional” criminal network that was allegedly preparing to use violence against the authorities. The suspects are so-called “sovereign citizens” — individuals who reject the authority of the state and Read More …

Malaysia: Explosives, drugs found in car after 25km police chase ends in dramatic crash in Serdang

Police discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) and various types of drugs inside an overturned car following a 25-kilometre chase after the driver attempted to flee a police inspection early this morning. Serdang police chief ACP Muhamad Farid Ahmad said Read More …

UK: Explosives arrest after homes evacuated

Residents have been allowed to return to their homes after explosives experts had to deal with a device at a property in a Carmarthenshire town. Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts were called to an address on New Dock Road, Llanelli, Read More …

Austria: Plans for bomb attack found in Graz shooting suspect’s home

Discarded plans for a bomb attack were found at the home of the suspected perpetrator of a deadly school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, local police said on Wednesday. Police said earlier that they had found a non-functioning Read More …

Northern Ireland: Masked rioters in Co Antrim attack police, torch houses for second night

Hundreds of masked rioters attacked police and set homes and cars on fire in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena on Tuesday in the second successive night of disorder that followed a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the Read More …