India: Man who planted IED under cop’s car in Amritsar among seven held

Punjab Police have cracked the Amritsar improvised explosive device (IED) case with the arrest of seven persons, including a man who had planted the explosive under a sub-inspector’s car August 16, police said on Saturday. The police claimed it to Read More …

Israeli teen arrested in Haifa with explosives he learned to make on TikTok

A teenager was arrested in Haifa over the weekend in possession of a Molotov cocktail he claimed he wanted to test out after learning to make the incendiary weapon on popular social network TikTok. The 15-year-old was spotted with the Read More …

California: 17-year-old boy was making bombs at Atwater home and selling them online

An Atwater teenager has been arrested, accused of making explosive devices and selling them on the internet. Early on Monday morning, multiple agencies, including the Merced Police Department’s bomb squad and Merced County Sheriff’s Office, filled Pacemaker Drive near Mary Read More …

Sweden: Bag found at Stockholm festival had an explosive

A bag with an explosive charge was found in a Stockholm park during an annual cultural festival and police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted public destruction, police in Sweden said Monday. On Sunday, a bag was found and Read More …

Northern Ireland: PSNI make two arrests and seize drugs after army make suspect device ‘safe’ at Dee Street

The news comes after the Dee Street area of east Belfast was closed off for a period today due to a security alert, which ended at 5pm. At 6pm today the PSNI revealed that a suspected device, located during a Read More …

California: Pomona Patrol Officers Respond to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center for a Pipe Bomb

On Monday, August 15, 2022, at approximately 9:04 PM, Pomona Police Dispatch received a call from Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Security staff. Security staff advised dispatch they located a PVC pipe with endcaps and a fuse on person who Read More …

Trinidad & Tobago: TTPS gets first female internationally trained Bomb Tech

WPC Shawnee Alexandra Thompson is the first female officer to be internationally qualified as a bomb technician within the TTPS and the Caribbean. Thompson says it never once crossed her mind to pursue such a daunting feat. However, she successfully navigated Read More …

India: Police to reward those who detect dummy IEDs

The Delhi Police has decided to reward people who will detect the dummy improvised explosive devices (IEDs) which were planted by the Special Cell in different districts of the national Capital, a senior officer said on Saturday. The Delhi Police Read More …

Ukraine: 31 German extremists have entered the country since the beginning of the war

Since the beginning of the war, the security authorities have registered 31 trips of “persons with extremist connections” from Germany to Ukraine, according to a report. According to the findings of the Federal Police, the Federal Criminal Police Office and Read More …

India: MHA Approves Rs 45-Cr CRPF Plan To Purchase Vehicle-Mounted Jammers To Combat IED Threat

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved Rs 45.19 crore for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to purchase vehicle-mounted Remote Controller Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) jammers for use in hyper-sensitive areas especially in Jammu and Kashmir and for Read More …

Israel: Police foil attempt to bomb restaurant in Be’er Tuvia amid apparent criminal dispute

Police on Saturday said officers had foiled an attempt to bomb a popular restaurant in southern Israel days earlier, amid an apparent criminal dispute. According to police, a large explosive device planted at the restaurant in a town in the Read More …

Nigeria: UN Mine Action Service Trains 27 Borno Police Men On IED Disposal

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has commended the United Nations Mine Action Service, for training 24 Police officers at the Borno Command on proper usage of Explosive Ordinance Disposal and a donation of requisite equipment to perform effectively. Read More …

Poland: Police detain man with explosives in Warsaw, evacuate area

Police said Monday they detained a 31-year-old man who placed an explosive device in a downtown Warsaw street where over 300 people werewere taking part in a remembrance march for the victims of World War II massacres of Poles. The Read More …

EAPCCO CTCoE Eastern Africa Trends and Situation Report 2020

This first Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO) Regional Counter-Terrorism Centre of Excellence (CTCoE) Trend and Situation Report, developed by the EAPCCO CTCoE in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) covers a period from Read More …

North Carolina: Two arrested after throwing ‘pipe bombs’ on 4th of July in Asheville

A 4th of July incident involving what police called “improvised explosive devices” shut down part of downtown Asheville Monday night, according to the Asheville Police Department. Police arrested two people and are searching for two more, the department said. The Read More …

UK signs deal to share police biometric database with US border guards

The UK has signed up to a US plan for sharing police-held biometric data about citizens with US border officials. According to a member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), the body met Read More …

Ireland: House cordoned off in Cork after discovery of ‘potentially hazardous chemicals’

A terraced house on College Road in Cork city was cordoned off following the discovery of potentially hazardous chemicals. Members of the Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team and gardaí arrived at the house at 1pm and taped off the Read More …