Alberta: Homemade bomb containing screws discovered during Sherwood Park arrest

The bomb squad was called in after Strathcona County RCMP pulled over a car in Sherwood Park with a mismatching plate, only to find weapons and an improvised explosive device inside. The discovery happened Tuesday afternoon, around 1:30 p.m. The Read More …

India: Chhattisgarh Police bring surrendered Maoist ‘experts’ to train recruits on IEDs

The Chhattisgarh Police have sent more than a dozen surrendered Maoist cadres to the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare (CTJW) College to brief fresh recruits on their methods, especially the handling of improvised explosive devices. Most of the surrendered cadres Read More …

Pakistan: Five police personnel injured in IED attack on patrol in Lakki Marwat

At least five police personnel were injured when a police mobile vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) during a patrol in the Shahbazkhel police station area of Lakki Marwat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday. According to District Read More …

Netherlands: Bombing targets ATM at hotel Pestana Amsterdam Riverside in Amsterdam-Zuid

Police received a report of an explosion at the hotel around 4:45 AM. Upon arrival, officers found a destroyed ATM. Damage to the hotel is significant, according to a police spokesperson. No injuries were reported, but the hotel had to Read More …

California: San Bruno man arrested after explosives, guns, drugs found in home

A San Bruno man has been arrested on multiple felony charges after authorities said they located guns and explosive materials, along with drugs, during a search last week. According to the San Bruno Police Department, officers along with the county’s Read More …

Nigeria: IED blast kills driver, motorcyclist in Niger

A yet-to-be-identified driver was killed on Sunday when his yam-laden vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Lumma-Babanna road in Borgu Local Government Area. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. on an alternative route that drivers have used Read More …

Florida: Court docs show IED details in MacDill AFB bomb plot

Newly released court documents and images are shedding light on the explosive device planted at MacDill Air Force Base last month and how federal investigators say they tracked down the suspects connected to it. The device did not detonate, but Read More …

Serbia: Explosives found near gas pipeline to Hungary

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said army and police found two backpacks containing explosives on Sunday near a gas pipeline to Hungary, prompting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to convene an emergency defence council meeting. The backpacks, containing “two large packages Read More …

Northern Ireland: Security alert in north Belfast ends after hoax device found

Police confirmed that the suspicious object discovered at the Workman Avenue peace gate was an elaborate hoax. The alert began around 11:45am, leading to the evacuation of residents and closure of nearby roads. Ammunition Technical Officers carried out a controlled Read More …

Pakistan: Four police officers among 9 injured in IED blast in Lakki Marwat

Nine people, including four cops, were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the Serai Naurang town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Wednesday, according to police. District police spokesperson Qudratullah Khan told Dawn that the explosion Read More …

Northern Ireland: Hijacked car driven to police station in Lurgan contained improvised bomb

Irish nationalist ​militants were likely behind the hijacking and placing of an improvised explosive ‌device in a food delivery vehicle that was ordered to drive to a Northern Irish police station before the device was made safe, police said on Read More …

UN says initial findings show roadside blast killed Lebanon peacekeepers

A roadside explosion appears to have struck the convoy of two Indonesian peacekeepers ‌killed in southern Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday, citing initial findings of an investigation. The two peacekeepers with the UNIFIL force were killed on Read More …

Pakistan: Gas supply halted in parts of Balochistan after pipeline blown up

Gas supply could not be restored to various parts of Quetta and other districts of Balochistan after unknown armed men blew up a main gas pipeline in the Western Bypass area of the provincial capital. “An 18-inch diameter main gas Read More …

UN condemns killing of two more peacekeepers in Lebanon

The United Nations has condemned two consecutive days of deadly attacks on peacekeepers serving with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), amid rising hostilities between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants. Two Indonesian peacekeepers were killed on Monday, and two Read More …

Philippines: Boy, 8, hurt in explosion near home in Cagayan de Oro City

An eight-year-old boy was injured after an explosive was hurled near his house in Barangay Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City over the weekend. Police said the explosion was supposedly intended for a construction foreman who lives near the boy’s residence. Read More …

Kenya: Two students among injured after school bus runs over IED in Garissa

At least two students were slightly injured after a bus they were travelling in was hit by a blast at Hagadera Refugee Camp, Garissa county. The bus belonging to Alinjugur Secondary School in Garissa County ran over an Improvised Explosive Read More …

Yemen: Improvised explosive device kills delivery driver, wounds Houthi guard in Sana’a

A young man working as a motorcycle delivery driver was killed and a Houthi security element was injured following the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) outside a police station gate in the capital city of Sana’a. Local sources Read More …

France: Authorities detained two more suspects over foiled Paris Bank of America attack

French authorities have arrested two more suspects over a ​foiled attack on Bank of America’s Paris offices, the country’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said ‌on Sunday. “Two further individuals were taken into police custody last night as part of the investigation Read More …

Czech Republic: A newly formed militant group ‘Earthquake Faction’ claimed responsibility for arson attack on defense site

A new militant group named The Earthquake Faction has claimed responsibility for the arson attack on a defense facility in the Czech Republic linked to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. On March 20, a fire broke out in the complex Read More …

Nigeria: Troops repel IPOB/ESN ambush, neutralise IED components in Enugu, Anambra

Troops Repel IPOB/ESN Ambush, Neutralise IED Components in Enugu, Anambra Troops under Operation UDO KA have recorded separate operational engagements with suspected armed groups during coordinated fighting patrols in Enugu and Anambra States, in ongoing efforts to deny criminal elements Read More …