5 policemen injured in IED blast carried out by Naxals in Chhattisgarh, India

Five District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, suspected to be carried out by the Naxals, in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district today, police said. The incident comes 10 days after nine CRPF personnels were killed in a blast in the Read More …

Egypt: Explosion hits near convoy of Alexandria security chief

An explosion in the coastal city of Alexandria has killed at least two people, including a policeman, in what officials called an assassination attempt against the city’s security chief. The blast occurred near the Tolip Hotel on Saturday afternoon in Read More …

Nigeria: FG Calls for Defeat, Disruption of Insurgents’ Theatre of Operation, Drugs Acquisition

The federal government on Saturday called for the defeat and disruption of Boko Haram insurgents and other terrorists’ theatre of operation and their ability to acquire drugs and other chemical agents. This was the submission by experts and stakeholders at Read More …

Man convicted of making bomb parts used in US troop attacks

A Syrian man accused of making a key component in improvised explosive devices used in attacks against U.S. soldiers during the Iraq War was convicted Friday on federal conspiracy charges. Jurors deliberated over four days before delivering the verdict against Read More …

U.K. Subway Bomber Convicted of Attempted Murder

An 18-year-old Iraqi refugee whose homemade bomb exploded in a packed London subway carriage in 2017 injuring 51 passengers was convicted Friday of attempted murder. Ahmed Hassan planted an explosive device in a carriage with 93 passengers on Sept. 15. The bomb Read More …

Police say they have killed 36 militants since start of ‘Sinai 2018’

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said in official statement on Thursday that five militant stationing points were targeted during sweeping operations conducted from both police and military forces inside the North Sinai city Al-Arish. The statement added that the stationing points were Read More …

Boko Haram Planning IED Attacks In Maiduguri – Police Warn

The Borno state police command has revealed that Boko Haram insurgents are planning to attack Maiduguri, capital of the state, with vehicles primed with improvised explosive device (IED). Ahmed Bello, an assistant commissioner of police, disclosed this in a statement Read More …

Bombs in the Austin attacks were constructed of readily available materials, officials say

The person who is making explosive devices and has left them at three Austin doorsteps is constructing them using common household items that can be easily purchased at hardware stores, potentially making efforts to identify the perpetrator more difficult, law Read More …

Peshawar: IEDs, suicide jackets seized

The police and security forces recovered suicide jackets and improvised explosive devices in Peshawar and Charsadda areas on Wednesday. In Peshawar, the city police claimed to have recovered two improvised explosive devices and a suicide jacket from the outskirts of Read More …

Sukma Attack: India Needs To Stop IEDs From Bleeding the CRPF

Yesterday, Maoists blew up a mine-protected vehicle (MPV) in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, killing nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and injuring three more. The troops travelling in the vehicle were returning to their camp in Palodi from Kistaram — an area cut off from Read More …

Three arrested as police investigate report of bomb at Sheffield house

Police investigating a report of a suspected bomb at a Sheffield house have arrested three people. Officers rushed to Abbey Lane, in Beauchief, after receiving a report there could be a possible improvised explosive device at a house on the Read More …