Bolivia: An explosion at a standoff between rival gold miners kills at least 5 people

A powerful explosion killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and 1-year-old baby, during a standoff between rival groups of gold miners early Thursday in northwestern Bolivia, police said, a rare instance of territorial disputes between the nation’s Read More …

Netherlands: Videos Show Man on Fire After Amsterdam Car Explosion

Dutch police confirmed there was an explosion inside a car in central Amsterdam on Thursday, just days after a knife attack in the city that investigators are treating as terrorism. The reasons for this latest incident are not yet known, Read More …

Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs train with interagency partners in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians trained with law enforcement and airport security personnel to combat Improvised Explosive Devices during a four-day interagency exercise in Colorado Springs, Colorado. U.S. Army EOD teams from the Fort Carson, Read More …

UK: Former soldier caught with explosive device in Cambuslang jailed

A former soldier caught with an explosive device has been jailed for four and a half years. John Carstairs, 44, was held after an army bomb disposal unit was called to the scene in Cambuslang on November 15 2022. The Read More …

Texas: Live bombs found along popular walking trail, Garland PD and FBI investigating

Multiple live bombs were found in Wynne Park Sunday morning, police said. The bombs have since been rendered “inoperative”. Garland Police were called to a wooded area of Wynne Park around 11:30 a.m. Sunday. “We were advised that there was Read More …

UK: Man with ‘anti-government ideology’ tried to kill police officer outside station

A man has admitted trying to kill a police officer outside a Welsh police station. Alexander Dighton, 28, who has an “anti-government ideology”, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday morning representing himself and pleaded guilty to 10 charges. Dighton Read More …

Pakistan: 3 dead, 21 injured in blast near police vehicle in Quetta market

Three people were killed and 21 others injured after an explosion occurred near a police vehicle in the Barech Market area on Quetta’s Double Road, officials said. Confirming the deaths, Balochistan’s health department spokesperson Dr Waseem Baig said, “The injured Read More …

Cameroon: Raw chemicals for improvised explosive devices seized in Idenau

An operation carried out by the Commercial Customs Brigade of Idenau during a physical inspection of cargo being offloaded from an artisanal boat onto a truck within the port area led to the successful seizure of a huge quantity of Read More …

UK: Teenager, 18, charged with making ‘variety of homemade explosives’ in Wandsworth

A man has been charged with making a “variety” of homemade weapons and explosives in Wandsworth. Sakhile Ntsele, 18, of Wandsworth Road, has been charged with 29 offences in total all relating to possessing firearms or explosives, with new charges Read More …

Nigeria: Cache of arms seized from Rivers pipeline bombing suspects

A cache of arms has been seized by the military. This followed the foiling of a plan to bomb another oil pipeline in Rivers State. Eight suspects have been arrested. A joint security force set up following the March 18 Read More …

Pennsylvania: Man accused of hurling explosive in front of Central Berks patrol vehicle

A Mount Penn man faces several charges after Central Berks Regional police said he threw an explosive device in the street just ahead of a marked patrol vehicle. Joseph R. Crochunis Jr., 37, of the 2600 block of Perkiomen Avenue Read More …

Kenya: Six police personnel killed by suspected al Shabaab fighters in Garissa

At least six police personnel were killed in Kenya while four were injured in an attack on a police camp by suspected Islamist militants in Garissa county in the country’s east on the border with Somalia, police said. The assault Read More …

Ukraine: Explosion at police building in Odesa region, SSU opens terrorist attack case

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has classified the explosion at the police building in Odesa region as an attempted terrorist attack and opened a criminal investigation. According to investigators, the explosion occurred at about 6 p.m. today after a Read More …

UK: Man arrested after explosive substance found

A man has been arrested after an explosive substance which poses “a threat to life” was found in a property in a Sussex seaside town, police said. Residents within a 100-metre cordon around the address on the A259 Marina in Read More …

Texas: New Braunfels Man who Planned Mass Murder Attacks Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Federal Prison

SAN ANTONIO – A New Braunfels man was sentenced in federal court today to 78 months in prison for a charge related to his planned mass murder attacks that were thwarted by federal and local law enforcement. According to court Read More …

Police Arrest Istanbul Mayor Over Alleged Corruption and Terror Links

Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reports said. The state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued detention warrants Read More …

Pakistan: Police Van Targeted in IED Blast in Lakki Marwat

A police van was targeted in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast near the Landiwa area, leaving the driver injured, police said on Saturday. In response, security personnel launched a counterattack, killing one terrorist on the spot. Meanwhile, in a Read More …

Thailand: Pattani blast injures 9 police on teacher-protection duty

A roadside bomb attack injured nine police officers on teacher-protection duty in Mae Lan district of this southern border province on Friday morning. The blast occurred on a local road between village Moo 1 and village Moo 2 in tambon Read More …

South Africa: Toyota Fortuner seized by police after explosives were found in the SUV

Police in Mpumalanga have arrested two foreign nationals, Justice Thejana, 30, and Rethabile Pheku, 40, after explosives were discovered in their vehicle, a white Toyota Fortuner. The pair was arrested along the R532 Road between Graskop and Ohrigstad. “During an Read More …