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 …

Virginia: Homemade explosives found in stolen vehicle in Warren County, suspect arrested

A man from Arlington is facing charges after being found in Warren County with homemade explosive devices. On Jan. 1, officials received a report of a suspicious vehicle near Hillandale Road around 9:30 p.m. When deputies approached the driver, who Read More …

Washington D.C.: FBI releases new video and evidence in D.C. pipe bomb case, still unsolved 4 years later

In the four years since the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, federal investigators have amassed troves of evidence leading to the arrests of more than 1,500 defendants. Still, one key aspect of an event tied to that day remains Read More …

Belgium: Brussels gripped by chaos on New Year’s Eve

Revelers set scores of cars alight and pelted emergency services with Molotov cocktails in Brussels late Tuesday as the city faced a wave of disorder on New Year’s Eve. Police arrested 159 people in the Belgian capital between 6 p.m. Read More …

Germany: Five killed and hundreds arrested after New Year’s Eve chaos

Five people have been killed across Germany in accidents involving fireworks as riots in Berlin led to over 400 arrests in a night of chaos celebrating the start of the new year. One of those killed was a 24-year-old who Read More …

Virginia: FBI says it seized largest cache of “finished explosive devices” in its history

The FBI found the largest cache of “finished explosive devices” in the bureau’s history during the arrest of a Virginia man earlier this month, according to court documents. Federal prosecutors are seeking to keep the man, Brad Spafford, in custody Read More …

UK: Illegal amount of potentially explosive chemical was stored at farm by pyrotechnic enthusiast

A member of the UK Pyrotechnics Society was found with a huge, illegal amount of a chemical used for explosives. Some of it was sold to people in the UK and Europe and he had not checked whether or not Read More …

Pennsylvania: Homemade explosive found by police in McKeesport

A homemade explosive was found in McKeesport. Allegheny County dispatchers said police were called to the intersection of Evans Avenue and Versailles Avenue at 11:45 a.m. on Friday. The Allegheny County Bomb Squad arrived at around 1:40 p.m. Emergency crews Read More …

Russia: FSB eliminates extremists who were plotting bomb blast outside police station in Moscow

The FSB has prevented a terrorist attack near a police station, which was being plotted by Central Asian natives – members of Wilayat Khorasan, a cell of the international terrorist organization Islamic State in Afghanistan, banned in Russia, the public Read More …

UK: Isle of Wight man accused of making improvised explosives

The case of George Swain, of Mary Rose Avenue, Wootton Bridge, was heard before Portsmouth magistrates on Saturday, November 30. The 26-year-old is accused of two counts of making an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose, namely an improvised explosive Read More …

Cambodia: First Police DNA laboratory inaugurated in Phnom Penh

The first National Police DNA laboratory was officially inaugurated in Phnom Penh yesterday, providing an important tool in solving crimes. The inauguration was presided over by National Police Chief General Sar Thet. Gen Thet said the DNA laboratory was established Read More …

Netherlands: Explosions and bomb threats investigated across Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout

Authorities are investigating a series of explosions and the discovery of an explosive device in three Dutch towns over consecutive nights, raising concerns about public safety. Police have linked the incidents in Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout, and are calling for Read More …