Spain: Authorities dismantled a clandestine workshop with almost 500 kilos of bomb-making materials in Barcelona

A total of 468 kilos of explosive precursors and chemical products for their preparation have been seized, as well as fuse and 2.2 kilos of finished explosive mixture A person who manufactured explosives by hand by mixing substances that he Read More …

UK Government targets bomb making materials and poisons in new crackdown

Today (23 January 2023) the government has laid secondary legislation to further tighten controls for poisons and chemicals which can be used to make explosives, also known as ‘explosives precursors’, by updating the Poisons Act 1972. Following the Manchester Arena Read More …

Thailand: Yala court sentences militant boss

Yala Provincial Court has handed a jail sentence to a leader and member of a militant group that caused widespread damage in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. An Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) source yesterday said that Read More …

U.S. Navy intercepts ‘massive’ shipment of explosive material in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet said on Tuesday it had intercepted a fishing vessel smuggling “massive” amounts of explosive material while transiting from Iran along a route in the Gulf of Oman that has been used to traffic weapons to Read More …

Russia: FSB prevents terrorist attack in Nizhni Tagil, arrests plotter

The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the federal security service FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Tagil. “The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Read More …

New York: Fatal shooting, explosive materials at Poughkeepsie hotel

A fatal shooting at a Poughkeepsie hotel led to the disturbing discovery of guides and materials that could be used to make explosive devices, according to police. The incident began around 7:30 a.m. Sunday when local police responded to a Read More …

Nigeria: Customs arrests 10 suspects for smuggling IEDs chemicals

Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have arrested 10 suspects in connection with importation of 20 drums of carbide; a chemical substance used in manufacturing of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Acting Controller Read More …

UK: Mother-of-nine extracted gunpowder from hundreds of party poppers to make an ‘explosive device’ to kill herself

A mother-of-nine extracted gunpowder from party poppers in a bid to make an explosive device to kill herself, a court heard today. Former postwoman Erin Foley said she wanted to use the device to die by suicide, Taunton Crown Court Read More …

‘Death weapons’: Inside a teenage terrorist network

When Lukas F. walks onto the site of an abandoned army barracks in the summer of 2021 as part of his training to be a terrorist, he is 16 years old, a slender boy with dark hair. The site is Read More …

I was on all fours, examining the explosive materials I found in the suicide bombers’ kitchen – pepper, bleach and hair dye: Forensic expert tells explosive stories in gripping new book

It was as close to a vision of hell as I am ever likely to come across. I was in a dark tunnel of the London Underground, 100ft beneath Russell Square station. All the living and injured had been evacuated Read More …