Nigeria: IEDs now disguised as everyday items, police expert warns

A senior police officer, CSP Gerald Udechukwu, has cautioned that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are increasingly being designed to look like ordinary objects, urging heightened public vigilance as the most effective defence against attacks on worship centres and public spaces. Read More …

Germany: Unexploded bomb found in Stuttgart to be defused on March 29

A World War II bomb will be defused in the Stuttgart-Degerloch district on Sunday, March 29. Prior to this, around 1,000 people in the Hoffeld district will have to evacuate a safety zone within a radius of around 600 meters. Read More …

India: Five insurgents arrested, arms and IEDs recovered along Myanmar border

Security forces arrested five cadres belonging to valley-based insurgent groups and recovered a cache of arms, ammunition and explosives during coordinated operations along the Indo–Myanmar border in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district. The arrests were carried out on Monday during a search Read More …

Nigeria: 23 killed, 108 wounded in suspected suicide bombings in Maiduguri

Three suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and wounded 108 others in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest attacks targeting the city of Maiduguri in recent history. Residents and emergency services earlier Read More …

India: Ukrainian, US nationals accused of ‘conspiring to carry out terror activities’ using ‘drones from Europe”

In an extraordinary operation on Friday (March 13), law enforcement agencies arrested seven foreign nationals — six Ukrainian nationals and one from the United States — at three airports in the country on charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist Read More …

Nigeria: DSS tells court how Ansaru suspects received weapons, IEDs training in Libyan camp

Two suspected commanders of the terror group Ansaru received weapons and explosives training in Libya, a Department of State Services (DSS) operative told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The officer said the suspects confessed to travelling abroad Read More …

New York: Bomb Squad Called to Waterloo Residence After Suspected Explosives Found

Sticks of dynamite, a live grenade, and roughly 20 pounds of gunpowder — discovered inside a private home in upstate New York. That’s what investigators found when they responded to a residence on Brewer Road in the Town of Waterloo Read More …

Cyprus: Bomb explodes under woman’s car in Limassol, second car damaged

A low-powered improvised explosive device exploded under a 45-year-old woman’s car in the Ayios Spyridonas area of Limassol at 4:20 a.m., police said. An officer and members of Limassol CID went to the scene immediately. Police said on-site examinations showed Read More …

Netherlands: Explosion near Amsterdam WTC linked to emerging group Ashab al-Yamin

The newly formed terror group Ashab al-Yamin carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) attack outside an American bank near the World Trade Center in Amsterdam on Sunday. A spokesperson for Amsterdam Police confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Monday Read More …

Pakistan Carries Out Fresh Heavy Airstrikes on Kabul

Pakistan launched heavy bombardment targeting Afghanistan’s capital Kabul again, according to Taliban officials and residents reporting multiple explosions across the city. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the strikes, saying a drug rehabilitation hospital was hit and several civilians were killed. Read More …

Israel: MDA warns of chemical exposure risk, ‘two-phase poisoning process’ from Iranian missile fuel

The Israeli healthcare system is preparing for the potential exposure to chemical substances from Iranian missile fuel launched toward Israel. A document recently published by Magen David Adom (MDA) and distributed to emergency teams warned that some of the missiles Read More …

India: Security forces recover 4 IEDs during anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker

Four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered, and four Naxal memorials were demolished during a joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in North Bastar Kanker district, police said. According to Kanker Police, Read More …

Pakistan: Police constable injured in attack on checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan

Unidentified armed militants attacked the Khutti police checkpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district late on Saturday night, triggering an exchange of fire with security personnel, police officials said. During the exchange, one police constable sustained injuries. Officials said Read More …

Netherlands: Explosion outside Jewish school in Amsterdam – “targeted attack”

An explosion outside a Jewish school in Buitenveldert in Amsterdam on Friday night caused limited damage, according to Dutch police. A photograph obtained by the Parool newspaper shows flames at an outside wall of the school, close to a drainpipe. Read More …

Pakistan: Seven policemen killed in IED attack in Lakki Marwat

Seven policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a police vehicle in the Bettani subdivision of Lakki Marwat district on Friday. A police official said a squad from the Shadikhel Read More …

Hormuz Strait tensions: How navies detect and clear marine mines

With the US racing to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and stabilise soaring oil prices, a report emerged that Iran has sown an “estimated 10 mines” in the vital chokepoint, where 20% of global oil exports pass through. Deployed stealthily, Read More …

Michigan synagogue and Virginia university attacks

A pair of attacks over 700 miles apart on Thursday struck at the heart of community safe havens, leaving shocked Americans with an uneasy sense of security. First, a deadly shooting being investigated as terrorism devastated a Virginia university in Read More …

Azerbaijan: Landmine blast kills civilian in Khojavand

An Azerbaijani civilian was killed in a landmine explosion in the liberated Khojavand district, authorities said. The incident occurred on Thursday in the village of Ashaghi Veysalli, according to a joint statement issued by the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s Read More …

UK: Pitsea man charged after small device discovered in warrant

A man has been charged and will appear in court after proactive investigative work led officers to execute a warrant at an address in Pitsea. Officers conducted a planned search at a property in Rokescroft following intelligence about the possible Read More …