UK: Edgware man jailed for 29 years after making pipe bomb and hiding it under car

An Edgware man has been jailed for 29 years after making a homemade pipe bomb and hiding it underneath a car in Borehamwood. Robert Kovacs, 39, of Tenby Road, Edgware was also found guilty of making an explosive substance with intent 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 …

UK: Man convicted of attempted murder after explosive device found in Borehamwood

A 38-year-old man has been convicted of attempted murder after a homemade explosive device was discovered beneath a vehicle on a residential driveway in Borehamwood last summer. Robert Kovacs, of Tenby Road, Edgware, was found guilty on Tuesday (3 March) Read More …

Northern Ireland: Fresh appeal for information over couple killed in car bomb in 1990

A fresh appeal for information has been made over the killing of a former police officer and his wife by a car bomb in 1990. James Sefton, 65, and his wife Ellen, 66, were killed when a booby trap device Read More …

Somalia: Senior Police officer survives IED blast in Mogadishu

A senior Somali police health official, Abdirizak Afgaduud, survived an apparent assassination attempt after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in his vehicle detonated near the headquarters of the National Intelligence and Security Agency in Mogadishu on Friday morning. The Read More …

Russia: Senior Russian general killed in bomb blast in Moscow

The head of the Operational Training Directorate at the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, was killed in an explosion in southern Moscow on Monday morning, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS. “According Read More …

Victoria: Police offer $1m reward to help solve fatal 1998 Melbourne car bombing

Police have announced a $1 million reward to try to solve a fatal car bombing that kicked off a gangland war almost 30 years ago. Businessman Gianni “John” Furlan, 48, died instantly when his sedan exploded on a Coburg street Read More …

Thailand: Bomb blast near TK Park Pattani injures six officers

A bomb explosion occurred in a side alley near TK Park, central Pattani, injuring six volunteer officers. The incident happened at 8am today, January 13, just 20 metres from the Mueang Pattani Police Station. The assailants had hidden the explosive Read More …

Russia: FSB foils series of assassination attempts on senior Russian defense officials

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a series of assassination attempts on the lives of senior Russian defense officials in Moscow and their family members plotted by Ukrainian intelligence services, the FSB press office told TASS on Thursday. The Read More …

Russian authorities detain man in connection with car blast that killed Russian officer in Donetsk

A man has been apprehended in Donetsk on suspicion of planting a bomb under a Russian officer’s car, while working for Ukrainian intelligence, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said. The vehicle exploded in the main city of Russia’s Donetsk Read More …

Russian Black Sea Fleet Captain killed in car bomb explosion in Sevastopol

A car exploded on Taras Shevchenko Street in Sevastopol, Crimea. The driver, a Russian serviceman, died from his injuries. The victim is believed to be captain of the first rank of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. The Read More …

Israel: Explosive device found beneath car in Be’er Ya’acov, bomb squad defuses device

An explosive device was discovered under a parked car on a main street in Be’er Ya’acov in central Israel, Walla reported on Wednesday morning. Initial investigations raised suspicion that the explosive device was related to criminal disputes involving the car Read More …

UK: Glasgow motorcycle gang member planted pipe bomb under rival dad’s van in ‘feud’

A tattooed motorcycle gang member planted a pipe bomb under a rival’s father’s van amid an ongoing feud. Daniel Laponder, 43, targeted David Rollo senior’s work van outside his home in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, on June 8 2024. A hearing Read More …

Ireland: Gardaí investigating after suspect explosive device found underneath car in Limerick City

Gardai are investigating after a suspect explosive device was found underneath a car in a residential area of Limerick City early this Friday morning (October 4). Locals in the area reported hearing a loud bang as authorities dealt with the Read More …

Cyprus: Fifth car bombing suspect in custody

The Nicosia district court has issued a four-day remand order against the fifth person arrested for the car bombing of July 4 in Nicosia. The suspect, a 27-year-old man, was arrested on Monday. The court heard that an explosive device Read More …

Turkey: Perpetrator of Moscow car bomb attack arrested in Bodrum district

Evgenii Serebriakov, who allegedly carried out a car bomb attack in Russia’s capital Moscow, was captured in Türkiye on Wednesday, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. Yerlikaya said on X that Russian Interpol officials contacted Türkiye’s Interpol/Europol Department at 10.30 Read More …

Russia: Perpetrator suspected of car bombing in Moscow flees to Turkey

The man suspected of blowing up a Toyota Land Cruiser in northern Moscow has fled to Turkey, so Russian law enforcement officials are in talks on his extradition, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov told reporters. On Wednesday Read More …

Russia: Ex-Ukrainian intelligence officer’s car blown up in northern Moscow

The former officer of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Vasily Prozorov, who has been speaking out against the Kiev regime, has been injured in a car explosion in the north of Moscow. An explosion occurred in a Toyota Land Cruiser Read More …

Malaysia: Police believe object found under a car in Kuala Lumpu is a bomb

Two bottles filled with wires that were discovered behind the rear tyre of lawyer Siti Kasim’s car are believed to be improvised explosive devices (IED), says Asst Comm Amihizam Abdul Shukor. The Brickfields OCPD said police received the distress call Read More …

Thailand: Police team defuse car bomb in Pattani province

A woman found an improvised explosive device made from a gas cylinder strapped to the undercarriage of her SUV on Saturday night, which authorities have managed to defuse safely. Enaz Haji Taye, a resident of tambon Thanon in Mayo district, Read More …