British Columbia: RCMP seize and dispose of improvised explosive device

A 42 year old man from Sooke is in custody after the Shawnigan Lake RCMP seized an improvised explosive device from a vehicle. On January 17, police received a report of a suspicious vehicle, but before it could be stopped Read More …

India: National Security Guard conducts bomb disposal & counter-IED training for cops

The National Security Guard (NSG), Mumbai, provided the Goa Police with a 14-day specialized training in Bomb Disposal and Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). A group of professionals led by Major B Venkatesh, YR-IM Surjit Metei, and KR-II Shubham Nikam Read More …

Netherlands: 15 arrested in explosive attack crackdown

A large-scale police operation across the Netherlands has resulted in the arrest of 15 individuals, ranging in age from 14 to 25, for their involvement in a series of explosive attacks. The suspects were apprehended in connection with at least Read More …

Ukraine: Authorities arrest 15 illegal arms dealers across four regions

The Security Service and National Police ran a special operation to expose the illegal sale of trophy firearms and ammunition in four regions. As a result of the special raid, 15 suspects who were attempting to set up the illegal Read More …

Ontario: Explosives found in Toronto storage locker now detonated

Toronto police say they safely detonated explosive materials in a city park on Tuesday after they were found in a storage locker. Police received a call about possible explosives materials at about 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday but did not say Read More …

Vermont: Police investigate blown up mailboxes in Lamoille County

Police are looking to identify the people who are responsible for blowing up six mailboxes across three Lamoille County towns. The Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department says it was one of six mailboxes vandalized across Morristown, Wolcott and Johnson. The sheriff Read More …

Victoria: Bomb experts deploy remote-controlled bomb disposal robot to examine suspect device

The arrest of a 24-year-old man from Leongatha at 3am overnight by Wonthaggi Police has had an alarming sequel at the Wonthaggi Police Station on Tuesday morning when a bomb was found among the items seized during the incident. The Read More …

Thailand: Bomb blast near TK Park Pattani injures six officers

A bomb explosion occurred in a side alley near TK Park, central Pattani, injuring six volunteer officers. The incident happened at 8am today, January 13, just 20 metres from the Mueang Pattani Police Station. The assailants had hidden the explosive Read More …

Florida: Suspended high school student found with explosive components

A suspended student at Cookeville High School was found with components of an explosive at his home, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). Last week, an unidentified student was suspended from Cookeville High for bringing a THC vape Read More …

UK: Controlled explosion carried out after ‘suspicious item’ found in house in Manchester

Police have carried out a controlled explosion after a “suspicious item” was found at a house in south Manchester. Officers made the discovery after raiding a property in Fencot Drive, Longsight, at about 7.50am today (Wednesday). A bomb disposal unit Read More …

Israel: Police sappers remove rocket remnants from Kfar Saba school

Police sappers (bomb disposal personnel) removed the remnants of an old rocket discovered at a school in Kfar Saba, the police announced Tuesday. An initial investigation revealed that while students were playing in the school’s sandlot, they began digging and Read More …

Nevada: Cybertruck driver used ChatGPT to plan Las Vegas attack

Police found a six-page manifesto on Matthew Livelsberger’s phone and said he used ChatGPT to plan his New Year’s Day bombing at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. A few of the entries posted in the application included “How Read More …

Sweden: Three arrested after explosion in Malmö

Three people in their 20s have been arrested after an explosion at a property near Valdemarsro in Malmö’s outskirts. Someone has placed some kind of homemade bomb, says Thomas Paulsson, officer on duty. No one was in the residence, a Read More …

Netherlands: Police “frustrated and desperate” about firework violence

A growing number of police officers have had enough of the way they become targets during the New Year festivities and are accusing the government of failing to act to end the chaos, the AD reported on Monday afternoon. They Read More …

Louisiana: New Orleans attacker likely used common explosive in bombs

Federal authorities believe Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired vehicular attack in New Orleans, used a common explosive compound in two homemade bombs that did not detonate, ATF Special Agent in Charge Joshua Jackson said Sunday. On Read More …

Thailand: Bomb blast injures three policemen in Pattani’s Sai Buri district

Three policemen were injured when a bomb exploded yesterday morning near a school in Sai Buri district, local authorities said. The explosion, which apparently targeted officers from Sai Buri police station, occurred at 10.30am when they were about to set Read More …

British Columbia: No arrests yet in connection with pipe bomb found just off popular North Kamloops walking trail

No arrests have been made in connection with a pipe bomb found this week just off a popular walking trail in North Kamloops, where some neighbours say they are feeling uneasy since the discovery. Emergency crews were called to a Read More …

Pakistan: Turbat remote-controlled blast kills 6, injures over 30

A remote-controlled bomb targeted a passenger bus in the New Behman area of Turbat, killing six people and injuring over 30 others. Those injured also include police personnel. At least eight of the injured are reported to be in critical Read More …

Germany: Blast at a Berlin police station hurts two; no attack suspected

Authorities in Germany are trying to figure out what triggered a blast at a police station in Berlin late on Thursday evening, but do not believe the explosion was part of an intentional attack. A policeman suffered injuries to his Read More …