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Cpl. Jeremiah Welch was waiting to go inside. Someone had broke into a mine operation office and left a suspicious device strapped to the manager’s chair. It was his job to go in and check it out, while the rest Read More …
A package bomb that killed a restaurateur and his manager underscores the escalating use of explosives – and the terror that they generate – by criminal groups in Mexico’s most violent state. The bombing occurred on September 19 during a Read More …
A campaign of disruption to work at the National Children’s Hospital construction site in Dublin has intensified with a fake bomb placed there on Monday morning. It is understood this led to an evacuation of workers after gardaí were called Read More …
The K9 team at Dubai Police are looking for homes for their retired bomb-sniffing dogs. The animals on the adoption list have retired from active police duties or were unable to meet the demands of police work. Until 2019, such Read More …
Police and Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams are currently at the grounds of Lincoln Castle following a report of two suspicious packages. A 100m cordon has been put in place as a precaution, and the nearby Crown Court has been evacuated. Read More …
Overloading of a containment vessel used by the LAPD bomb squad to destroy illegal fireworks was the cause of a late June explosion that rattled a South Los Angeles neighborhood and left 17 people injured, according to a federal report. Read More …
A South Fork man was arrested Friday after police said he detonated two explosive devices in South Fork Borough on Thursday, and explosive materials were later found in his home. Mark Stephen Yatsky, 57, was charged with felony unlawful possession Read More …
A man has been arrested after suspicious items and unknown substances were found at a property in a residential street. The Royal Navy bomb disposal unit, police and the hazmat fire team all went to the incident in Plymouth. Police Read More …
A man has been arrested by counter terrorism officers after bomb disposal experts were called to a house. The 25-year-old is being held on suspicion of making or possessing explosives and having a gun following the incident in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Read More …
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – With just a quick drive over to Lewis North on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, one can find a rather explosive scene. That’s because it’s home to the 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion. The unit’s main purpose Read More …
Officers from the police’s bomb squad rushed to Ta Chuen Ping Street in Kwai Chung and detonated a suspected bomb placed in a phone booth there. The device was detonated around 5.30pm today. A bang and white fumes emanated from Read More …
A 22-year-old man allegedly stalked and intimidated residents of a home over two days in Sydney’s south-east, where police say they also found a suitcase containing detonators and explosives with “wires protruding”. Eastern suburbs police were called to the property Read More …
As many as 30 crude bombs were recovered from a bus going from Kolkata to Gaya in Bihar on Wednesday. On receiving intel inputs, Bengal Police intercepted the bus going from Kolkata to Gaya at the Dibudih checkpost situated on Read More …
U.S. Capitol Police say a man claiming to have a bomb drove his pickup truck onto the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress Thursday morning, spurring an “active bomb threat investigation” and a widening evacuation of Capitol Hill. Read More …
A major tragedy was averted ahead of Independence Day after Jammu and Kashmir Police, the army, and the BSF, in a joint operation, apprehended a person in the Poonch district and recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) with four “sticky” Read More …
On Thursday, members of the Odessa Police Department’s Hazmat Devices Unit conducted a bomb unit training demonstration. The event took place at the Odessa Fire Rescue training facility at 3000 S. Dixie. During the demonstration, the OPD Hazmat Devices Unit Read More …
A man has been arrested under the terrorism act after carrying a suspicious package onboard a train in Lancashire. Emergency services were called to Darwen train station at around 3.20pm on Monday. The station was evacuated and closed off following Read More …
Police killed a terrorist who had a bomb-laden vest and was planning to detonate it on Monday. The suspect, identified as a Syrian national, was attempting to detonate his vest despite warnings by the police, who then fatally shot him Read More …
A group of around a dozen teenagers were arrested for possession of knives and explosives. The Mathayam level, or high school, students were approached by police as they were allegedly waiting to confront students from another school. The students, ages Read More …
There is an uptick in homemade explosives, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Officials say they believe boredom and isolation is contributing to some people making more explosives. They are reminding everyone that making explosives is illegal at the state Read More …