Netherlands: Police seize 35 tons of fireworks destined for illegal Dutch market

Officers of the fireworks team of the Zuid-Holland Zuid district of the Rotterdam Unit arrested two men for trafficking in illegal fireworks after an investigation on Thursday 7 November. It concerns two men aged 57 and 37 from Vuren and Read More …

Nigeria: Imo Police train officers, men on bomb detection, handling

Following the recent bomb explosion at International Market Orlu, which claimed two lives and injured many, the Imo State Police Command has organized a one-day for officers on the identification, handling, and disposal of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs. A press Read More …

Kansas: Newton police find illegal explosives, one arrested

Newton police have taken an unidentified person into custody after finding dozens of illegal explosives in the garage of a home. Police said a suspect fled from a North Newton Police officer during an unrelated traffic stop. Newton Police assisted Read More …

UK: Explosive found in car in Bootle safely detonated

A suspected grenade found in the boot of a car has been detonated by an Army explosives team. Merseyside Police called in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit after the discovery on Strand Road in Bootle at about 13:10 GMT on Read More …

Colombia: Three dissidents dead and two police officers injured after bomb attack in Guapi, Cauca

A strong explosion in Guapi, Cauca, which was part of an attack by FARC dissidents against the police station, left three dissidents dead, two policemen injured and a part of the center of the municipality destroyed. According to the first Read More …

Greece: Athens blast caused by home-made bomb, guerrillas suspected

A deadly explosion in an Athens apartment on Thursday was caused by a home-made bomb and authorities suspect it could be linked to local guerrilla groups, police and Greek officials said on Friday. Two guns, bullets, mobile phones and digital Read More …

Florida: Man charged with leaving remote-controlled explosives at casino in Tampa

A Florida man has been charged after he allegedly left two improvised explosive devices in bathrooms at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa. Bryan Robert Eckley, 46, of Tampa, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of making, possessing, Read More …

UK: Controlled explosion on suspect device in Clydebank

An item believed to be a bomb exploding in Clydebank has been captured on video by a nearby resident. A “suspect item” was found in Overtoun Court – a high-rise block of flats – in Dalmuir on the afternoon of Read More …

Ireland: Improvised explosive devices seized in Northern Dublin as man arrested

Improvised explosive devices were seized in North Dublin on Monday as one man was arrested. As part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in North Dublin, Gardaí arrested a man and seized several improvised explosive devices on Monday morning. At Read More …

Texas: Tatum man accused of making homemade explosive devices

A Tatum man was arrested on charges that he was creating homemade explosive devices and was in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. According to Rusk County Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez, the sheriff’s office began an investigation into allegations that Robert Martin, Read More …

Iran: 10 border guards killed in terrorist attack in Sistan-Baluchestan province

In a tragic incident on Saturday, 10 police officers and soldiers were martyred during an armed clash with assailants in Taftan County in the southeastern border province of Sistan-Baluchestan. The confrontation unfolded when a police patrol came under attack by Read More …

Mexico: Car bomb attacks signal escalation of cartel violence

Cartel violence is gripping Mexico. In the state of Guerrero, the mayor of Chilpancingo was decapitated. In Sinaloa, a truck was discovered with at least five bodies along with the ominous message “Welcome to Culiacán.” And now Guanajuato has been Read More …

Arizona: Juvenile faces adult felony charges for planning an attack on the Phoenix Pride Festival

(Phoenix, AZ) – The Investigations Unit of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, working alongside officers of the FBI Phoenix Field Office, and the Buckeye and Glendale Police Departments, has arrested a 17-year-old on charges of terrorism. According to Maricopa County Read More …

Mexico: 3 police injured after car bombs explode outside 2 Guanajuato police buildings

Two car bombs were almost simultaneously detonated near Public Security Ministry (SSP) buildings in two Guanajuato state municipalities on Thursday morning, injuring three police officers, one seriously. Both bombings occurred almost simultaneously, just after 6 a.m. No warning was given Read More …

Nigeria: UK, UN train Nigeria Police, NSCDC on explosive risk

The Government of the United Kingdom, UK, has provided training support for 75 officers of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. The Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) training, which took place in Read More …

Utah: Kaysville Police called to detonate pipe bomb near school

The Kaysville Police Department responded to a call involving a homemade explosive near an elementary school Saturday afternoon, which ended up being a pipe bomb. The suspicious homemade firework or pipe bomb was located on the southeast side of Endeavour Read More …

Israel: Explosive device found beneath car in Be’er Ya’acov, bomb squad defuses device

An explosive device was discovered under a parked car on a main street in Be’er Ya’acov in central Israel, Walla reported on Wednesday morning. Initial investigations raised suspicion that the explosive device was related to criminal disputes involving the car Read More …

India: ‘Foul smell, crude bomb material’, what investigators found at Delhi CRPF School blast site

The Delhi police said on Sunday that they found a foul smell at the blast site outside CRPF School in the national capital. The blast destroyed the school’s wall and shattered window panes on its premises. The Delhi police said Read More …

15th MEU Conducts CBRN Defense Training With Philippine Armed Forces, National Police

Philippine National Police and coast guardsmen walk through a cloud of chlorobenzylidene malononitrile, or CS gas, during chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense training with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit as part of exercise KAMANDAG 8 at Marine Base Gregorio Read More …

Czech police aid in demining efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nine Czech police bomb disposal experts recently participated in demining operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the mission, which took place from Sept. 21 to Oct. 5, 2024, the Czech team assisted in clearing the former Žunovnica ammunition depot near Read More …