Philippines: IED blast heightens tension in Ecija town with 2 mayoral seat claimants

An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at the back of the public market here late on Tuesday (Feb. 9), police said. This was the second IED explosion in the town amid an ongoing mayoral row. Maj. Baltazar Corpuz, town police Read More …

California: 8 Explosive Devices Found In Stockton Home Rendered Safe

A Stockton neighborhood was evacuated Wednesday after an explosive went off in a man’s hand. At least eight homemade explosives were found inside the home on Bristol Avenue, not far from Madison Elementary and Madison Park. Natalio Ramirez stood outside Read More …

Afghanistan: Kabul PD5 Police Chief Killed in IED Blast; One Person Killed And Another Arrested In Kabul In Connection With Planting IEDs

Mohammadzai Kochi, police chief of Kabul’s police district 5 (PD5) was killed in an explosion that targeted his vehicle in downtown Kabul on Wednesday morning, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh confirmed. The blast took place at around 8:55 am local Read More …

Hong Kong: Bomb suspect arrested

A man who allegedly planted a suspected bomb at the roadside of Wing Fok Center in Fan Ling has been arrested and police believe the crime is protest-related. He was still being detained for questioning as of 9pm last night. Read More …

India: NIA likely to takeover the investigations of the IED blast case near Israeli Embassy

With initial probe indicating to Iranian link in the blast near Israeli Embassy on Friday evening, the anti- terror probe agency NIA is likely take over this case from Delhi Police, a source in the security set up said here Read More …

Los Angeles: Steady nerves and patience – How a bomb squad defused a box of old dynamite in Glendora

Many people store things in their basement and forget about them. It’s not often that the forgotten thing turns out to be dynamite. Such a discovery over the weekend in a Glendora basement in the 200 block of East Bennett Read More …

South Africa: Bomb squad frees cash guard with explosive device strapped to body

A police bomb disposal team disarmed an explosive device strapped to the body of a hijacked cash-in-transit guard in Cape Town on Saturday. SBV Services confirmed that two teams of guards delivering cash to an ATM were hijacked and later Read More …

JCAT: Vehicle-Borne Attacks – Tactics and Mitigation

SCOPE: This product encourages discussion and creativity among intergovernmental and private sector stakeholders for integrating protective security measures into public and private places to reduce vehicle-borne threats Terrorists use vehicles to target pedestrians, breach physical security barriers, and deliver explosive Read More …

South Carolina Man Charged With Possession Of HMTD and TATP

A Pickens county, South Carolina man has been arrested and charged by state law enforcement officers with possessing a homemade bomb. According to a news release from the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), 58-year-old David Scott Halsey of Easley, Read More …

Australia: A Homemade Explosive Has Damaged An Adelaide House

Just after midnight on Tuesday 19 January, an explosion was reported in Bauhinia Drive, Parafield Gardens. The front window of the house shattered but there were no reported injuries to the six occupants. Crime scene investigators attended and examined the Read More …

Cyprus: Man held in connection with Limassol Cyta branch explosion

Limassol police are questioning a 27-year-old professional soldier (Syop) in connection with an explosion at a Cyprus telecommunications authority (Cyta) branch on December 13, the Cyprus News Agency reported late on Tuesday. The suspect has been arrested and is expected Read More …

San Francisco: RV park resident arrested after FBI finds bomb-making materials

A resident at a San Francisco RV park was arrested Friday night after the FBI found chemicals used to make explosives, police said Saturday. Police responded to the Candlestick RV Park on the 600 block of Gilman Avenue shortly after Read More …

Georgia: Homemade explosive device found in vacant lot in LaGrange

Police are searching for a suspect who planted a homemade explosive device in a vacant lot in LaGrange, Georgia. Officials with the LaGrange Police Department say they were called to the lot on the 500 block of Whitesville Road around Read More …

California: Bomb making materials found during search of Stockton home

Materials used to build explosives were found on Monday during the search of the Stockton home of a man who was arrested Sunday in connection with igniting an explosive device on Saturday. Authorities on Monday evacuated the 2400 block of Read More …

India: Bomb-making items seized from Naxal hideout in Gondia, Maharashtra state

Gunpowder, nails, glass, wire and other explosive-making materials were seized on Sunday afternoon from a Naxal hideout in Bharnoli forest in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of Gondia, police said. The operation was carried out by a joint team of local police, Read More …

Online extremism ‘cannot be policed’, says head of UK counter-terror police

Extremism has become so widespread online that it “cannot be policed”, the head of UK counter-terror policing has said. Campaigners have called for more action against hateful material, but concerns over potential infringements of civil liberties have sparked a parliamentary Read More …

Washington, DC: An explosive device is found at the R.N.C., and the D.N.C. is evacuated.

An explosive device was found at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee in Washington and the nearby headquarters of the Democratic National Committee was evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious package on Wednesday, according to three people briefed Read More …

Pittsburgh police search for vehicle after explosion in Lawrenceville

Authorities are searching for a white pickup truck after an explosion damaged a car Sunday night in Lawrenceville. City police said an improvised explosive device detonated in the 3600 block of Penn Avenue shortly after 9 p.m. A separate explosive-related Read More …