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 …

Kenya: Man injured after suspected IED explodes in Mandera town

A 35-year-old man lost an arm after a suspected improvised explosive device exploded in his hands in Mandera Town on Friday evening, triggering a security response. The blast occurred at about 6:30pm in the Bula Buruburu area, near Holland Sports Read More …

Kenya: Six injured in suspected Al Shabaab IED attack in Mandera

At least six people were injured, one of them critically, after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) in what is suspected to be an Al Shabaab attack in Mandera County. The incident occurred Read More …

Netherlands: Explosive found in garden of Rotterdam home

The police discovered an explosive in the garden of a home in Rotterdam on Monday evening. They cordoned off the area and called in the Ministry of Defense’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit to remove the device. The police responded to the Read More …

Pakistan: Police across Balochistan on high alert following Kharan attack

Police have been placed on high alert across Balochistan following an attack on a police station and Counter-Terr­orism Department (CTD) offices in Kharan by armed men who entered the city late on Saturday night. Sources said the attackers stormed the Read More …

Bangladesh: Locally made IED caused explosion that injured 3 of a family in Barishal

The explosion which injured three members of a family in Barishal’s Bakerganj upazila on Monday morning was caused by a locally made improvised explosive device (IED), said police. “Based on the preliminary examination, the bomb disposal unit confirmed that it Read More …

Pakistan: At least 14 people, including police officials, killed in suicide attack in Swat

At least 14 people, including police officials, were killed and at least 18 others injured in a suicide attack on Swat’s Kabal police station on Sunday, police and rescue officials said. According to the Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Umar Read More …