Massachusetts State Police K9s, Bomb Squad working hard to ensure safety of holiday commuters

“As the holiday travel season is upon us the Massachusetts State Police Association would like to highlight the hard work and service of the Massport Bomb Squad, a team made up of 11 canine handlers, and 7 bomb technicians based Read More …

Nigeria: 14-year-old killed while melting IED mistaken for scrap in Borno

A 14-year-old boy in Borno state has been reportedly killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) mistaken for scrap metal. According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the incident occurred in Banki town, Bama LGA Read More …

Pakistan: Suspected militants heading for Islamabad’s government district blow themselves up

Pakistani militants thought to have been on the verge of carrying out a suicide bombing in Islamabad’s government district blew themselves up on Friday as police pursued their car, killing one officer, authorities said. The interior ministry said the vehicle Read More …

United States Donates CBRN Detection Equipment to Thailand

The United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) donated chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) detection equipment worth USD $2.1 million to the Kingdom of Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) during a handover ceremony on December 9, Read More …

Ukraine: Official in Russian-controlled Kherson region killed in car bomb attack

A local official in a part of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region controlled by Russian forces was killed on Thursday in a car bomb attack, the Russian-installed local administration said. It blamed the death of Andrei Shtepa on “Ukrainian terrorists”. There Read More …

New York: Hamburg man arraigned for possessing explosive devices and violating probation

The Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced that 60-year-old Michael M. Meyers of the Town of Hamburg was arraigned on Monday before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on a violation of probation. The district attorney’s office said on Read More …

India: Remote controlled IED found at Telipati, Imphal East

A remote controlled IED suspected to have been planted by miscreants was found at Telipati area under Porompat Police Station in Imphal East district at 7 am Tuesday. Upon receiving reports, teams of Imphal East District Police immediately arrived at Read More …

Michigan: Rosie the bomb-sniffing dog may be the most popular ‘kid’ in school

Forget metal detectors. Huron Valley is taking a warm and fuzzy approach to keeping students and staff safe in an era of school shootings and bomb threats. Rosie, a black Labrador retriever, is the school district’s new tail-wagging, hand-nuzzling, explosives-sniffing Read More …

Pakistan: At least 13 injured as two ‘coordinated’ blasts rock Balochistan’s Khuzdar

At least 13 people including three children were injured in two coordinated blasts in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district on Monday evening. Police sources told The Express Tribune that said both bombs went off at the main Omar Farooq Chowk. The injured Read More …

Burkina Faso: At least eight dead, including six civilians, in two separate attacks

At least two Burkinabe soldiers and six civilians were killed Saturday in two separate attacks in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, AFP learned Monday from security and local sources. The first attack took place near Bouroum, in the northern province Read More …

Kentucky: Bardstown police investigating explosive devices found

An investigation is underway in Bardstown after a reported bomb threat. Bardstown police say around 8:30 Friday morning, officers were called to the 300 block of North 1st street for a suspicious device. When officers arrived they found what looked Read More …

The Netherlands: World War II bomb found near Amersfoort removed

The World War II bomb found near Amersfoort train station on Sunday was removed from there and detonated on the military training area Leusderheide. The explosive has probably been there since World War II. According to the Utrecht police, the Read More …

Iraq: At least nine police killed in blast near Kirkuk

At least nine Iraqi federal police officers have been killed in a bomb blast near Iraq’s north-central city of Kirkuk, security sources told news agency. The sources said those killed on Sunday were traveling in a convoy when the bomb Read More …

Iraq: Bomb explosion kills three children in Nineveh province

A mortar, believed to have been left by the Islamic State (ISIS), exploded to a number of children in Bashiqa town, Nineveh province on Saturday, killing three and injuring another, according to a local official. Rafaat Smo, deputy governor of Read More …

UN warns terrorist threat has increased and is more diffuse

The U.N. Security Council warned Thursday that the threat of terrorism has increased and become more diffuse in various regions of the world aided by new technologies. It strongly condemned the flow of weapons, military equipment, drones and explosive devices Read More …

Türkiye: Car bomb in Diyarbakir injures police officers

Several Turkish police officers have been wounded after a car bomb exploded as their minibus passed on a highway in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, Turkish officials have said. “There was an explosion in a parked vehicle at 5:10am (02:10 Read More …

Washington: Neighbors rocked by explosion near Sam Smith Park in Seattle

People living in the Central District near Sam Smith Park are on edge following an explosion early Sunday morning. “It shook the house. It was almost like a real bomb, like something you would hear from a military base or Read More …

Poland: Gift from Ukraine explodes at Polish police headquarters in Warsaw

A gift that a Polish police commander received during a recent visit to Ukraine exploded at police headquarters in Warsaw, causing the commander and a civilian employee to suffer minor injuries, the Polish Interior Ministry said Thursday. The explosion occurred Read More …