The Netherlands: More self-made explosives used in attacks on houses

Criminals are shifting from hand grenades to improvised explosives when attacking houses and vehicles in the Netherlands, according to the Ministry of Defense’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Service (EOD). The number of incidents involving self-made bombs using, for example, fireworks is Read More …

UK: Arrest warrant issued for Manchester Arena bomber’s brother Ismail Abedi

A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of the older brother of the Manchester Arena bomber after he refused to give evidence to the inquiry into the bombing and fled the country. The district judge said he was Read More …

Melbourne: Man charged after bomb squad defuses 10 ‘suspicious devices’

A man has been charged after a number of suspicious devices were found in Melbourne’s north over the weekend. The Bomb Response Unit located 10 suspicious devices on Newry Street, in Fitzroy North, on Friday and Saturday. According to police, Read More …

Ukraine: Russian troops use Uran-6 robot to clear PFM-1 “Lepestok” anti-personnel mines scattered in Donetsk city

Russian troops use Uran-6 unmanned ground vehicle to clear PFM-1 “Lepestok”/”Petal” anti-personnel landmines scattered around Donetsk city and surrounding areas. According to local reports several rockets with PFM-1 landmines were fired at Donetsk city which resulted in wide area contamination Read More …

Afghanistan: Blast Targets Civilians at Kabul Intl Cricket Stadium

Kabul Police Command confirmed that an explosion occurred in the Kabul International Cricket Stadium during the Shpagize competition on Friday. Khaled Zadran, spokesman of Kabul Police Command, said the incident occurred when a grenade was thrown between viewers and many 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 …

UK: Man arrested after armed officers and snipers were called to report of ‘suspicious package’ in West Sussex

A man has been arrested after armed police, bomb disposal squads and snipers descended on a police station in West Sussex when a suspicious package was discovered this afternoon. Officers surrounded the Burgess Hill Police Station in West Sussex after Read More …

California: Second Defendant Sentenced for Non-Injury Pipe Bomb Explosion at Kearny Mesa Hotel

The second of two suspects charged with planting a pipe bomb that detonated at a Kearny Mesa hotel earlier this year but caused no injuries was sentenced Wednesday to two years behind bars. Grover Preston Everett, 39, received the same 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 …

Afghanistan: Two Children Killed, 10 Others Injured In Explosion In Zabul Province

t least two children were killed and 10 others sustained injuries in an explosion that took place in Zabul province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, 26 July. An official has claimed that a group of children found an object which appeared Read More …

Cambodia: King and Queen Mother donate $1.5 million for landmine clearance

His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, and Her Majesty Queen-Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk have just made a donation of $1.5 million to the government to be allocated for demining operations to reach the goal of mine-free Cambodia by 2025. Read More …

Afghanistan: Two Children Killed in a Mortar Shell Explosion in Uruzgan province

A remnant of war, an unexploded mortar shell, which exploded on Monday, 25th July, killed at least two children in the central Afghan province of Uruzgan. Agha Wali Quraishi, the Taliban’s spokesman for the police chief office in Uruzgan province Read More …

Japan: Unexploded wartime bomb defused; JR West resumes services

Ground Self-Defense Force bomb disposal unit defused and removed a 1-ton live explosive from the wartime era that forced West Japan Railway Co. to suspend operations on two lines in Osaka Prefecture for three hours on July 24. The company Read More …

Ukraine: ‘Thermite Munitions’ Rain from Sky on Donetsk in Striking Videos

Videos circulating on social media purport to show thermite munitions raining down from the sky in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. Since April, Russia has concentrated on capturing the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces that make up the Donbas region, Read More …

Ukraine: Tractor blows up on mine in field outside Kharkiv, driver killed

While doing agricultural work in a field near Kharkiv, a tractor was killed after his vehicle drove over an IED. This was reported on Telegram by the press service of the State Emergency Service’s local office, Ukrinform saw. “On July Read More …