Nigeria: Operatives uncover use of wall clocks as timers by terrorists

In order to conceal their operations, indications have emerged that some terrorists may have resorted to the use of wall clocks as timers to detonate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), at critical infrastructure in the country, Sunday Telegraph investigation has shown. Read More …

Russia: FSB foils attempted terrorist attack on power station in Nizhny Tagil

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terrorist attack on an electrical substation that provides energy to a military-industrial facility and the infrastructure of the Sverdlovsk Railway in Nizhny Tagil, the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB Read More …

Tennessee: Man charged after allegedly trying to blow up a power substation with a drone

A man has been charged after allegedly trying to blow up a Tennessee power substation as part of a white supremacist plot to upend American society, another potential instance of extremism targeting critical infrastructure. Skyler Philippi, 24, spent months plotting Read More …

Nigerian troops, hunters foil Boko Haram attempt to vandalise power towers

Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force, North-East Operation Hadin Kai, have foiled an attempt by Boko Haram insurgents to vandalise power towers in Kasesa near Damaturu. “On receipt of credible intelligence of BHT activities, troops swiftly laid a successful Read More …

Iraq: Explosion injures four Ministry of Electricity workers in Anbar

On Wednesday, a security source reported that four workers affiliated with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity sustained injuries in an explosion caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Al-Anbar Governorate, western Iraq. The source told Shafaq News Agency that Read More …

Germany: Tesla’s giant Berlin factory without power after arsonists attack electricity supply

Power supply to Tesla’s factory near Berlin has been cut following an arson attack on a high-voltage electricity pylon nearby, a German official said Tuesday. “If the initial findings are confirmed, this is a perfidious attack on our electricity infrastructure. Read More …

Nigeria: Explosion destroys electric transmission line in Bauchi

An explosion caused by an Improvised Explosive Device has destroyed a high-tension electric transmission pole situated in the Unguwan Kanawa area near Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi. The explosion was said to have been caused by yet-to-be-identified persons who used explosives to Read More …

Angola: Demining works for electrification project at final stage in Bengo province

The demining works for the implementation of the electrification project covering Triangle of Dembos and Nambuangongo in Angola’s northern has reached its final stage, the local governor Maria Antónia Nelumba has said. The project is expected to demine 252 kilometers Read More …

Nigeria: NSCDC Officer Killed By IED Explosion In Borno

An improvised explosive device (IED) has claimed the life of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abubakar Nurudeen, in Jakana, Konduga Local Government Area, along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road, Borno State. Nurudeen was, on Thursday, inspecting Read More …

Philippines: Improvised bomb explosion topples power post

A concrete post of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) was toppled down by an improvised bomb explosion in an east coast village of this city, the police reported Saturday, November 4. Zamboanga City Police Office said the incident happened Read More …

Philippines: Police officer killed during clearing op at NGCP tower blast site

A police officer was killed during a clearing operation in Barangay Paiton, Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte where an improvised explosive device earlier felled a transmission tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). Police Senior Master Sergeant Rosellier Read More …

Iraq’s electric grid hit by fire, explosions amid scorching heat

A fire at a power station in southern Iraq and several explosions have affected the country’s ailing national electricity grid as temperatures rise. A statement by Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity on Saturday said a fire broke out shortly after noon Read More …

Philippines: Security forces foiled an attempt to topple NGCP tower in N. Cotabato

Army and police bomb experts foiled an attempt by lawless elements to topple a transmission tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in this town, military and police officials said Tuesday. Lt. Col. Rowel Gavilanes, Army’s 90th Read More …

Russia: FSB detains teenager for plotting arson at electricity facility in Kaluga region

Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) have detained a 17-year-old man who planned to set fire to a local electricity substation in the Kaluga region, the FSB press center said on Friday. “An act of sabotage at an energy Read More …

Russia says foiled attack on Crimea’s energy system

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had prevented an attack on energy systems in annexed Crimea, state media reported Wednesday. An unidentified Russian-Ukrainian national was detained in the Crimean city of Kerch on suspicion of preparing to commit an Read More …

California: Software engineer who allegedly blew up power station had even more bombs at home

A software engineer in San Jose has been charged with blowing up two electric transformers in the San Francisco Bay Area, which knocked out power for thousands of residents in December and January. Peter Karasev, 36, was arrested last week Read More …

California: Man charged for alleged involvement in 2 transformer explosions

A man has been arrested in California for allegedly blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers and causing “destruction and harm to public safety.” Peter Karasev, 36, was identified with cell phone data and video surveillance footage. He made Read More …

Neo-Nazi leader and Maryland woman allegedly plotted to ‘completely destroy’ Baltimore

Two people charged with conspiracy to damage energy facilities — a neo-Nazi leader and a woman with whom he had a personal relationship — allegedly planned to attack electrical substations encircling Baltimore and “completely destroy” the entire city, according to Read More …

Russia detains Ukrainian man for plot to sabotage Crimea power line, FSB says

Russian security services have detained a Ukrainian citizen on suspicion of planning to “sabotage” a power line in Crimea, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday. The FSB said a man in his 40s had been found carrying diagrams Read More …

Philippines: NGCP investigates tower bombing that caused power interruptions in Mindanao

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said it is investigating the bombing of an electricity tower on Monday that caused power interruptions in parts of Mindanao. Authorities confirmed that unnamed individuals used improvised explosive devices to cause the bombing. Read More …