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An engineer who set off an improvised explosive device in an effort to disrupt an international weapons expo has described it as a “terrible error in judgment”. Shamera Fernando detonated a “homemade incendiary device” in the bathroom of the Melbourne Read More …
Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged a man overnight after locating firearms and explosives in Churchill. A search warrant was executed at a residential property in Churchill yesterday afternoon (Monday, 23 June). As part of the search, police located what Read More …
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 …
The arrest of a 24-year-old man from Leongatha at 3am overnight by Wonthaggi Police has had an alarming sequel at the Wonthaggi Police Station on Tuesday morning when a bomb was found among the items seized during the incident. The Read More …
A Melbourne teenager allegedly purchased explosives and planned to carry out a school shooting and a university bombing, a court has heard. The 19-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is facing explosives charges after being arrested by Victoria Read More …
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 …
A groundskeeper at the Fort Rodd Hill National Historic site in Colwood got more than they bargained for when they unearthed an unexploded mortar. The Parks Canada worker was clearing invasive plants from an unused part of the site when Read More …
Geelong Detectives are appealing for information after two suspected bombs were found outside a house in Waurn Ponds on Sunday. Emergency crews were called to Monterey Drive around 2:45am after a device was set on fire near a letter box. Read More …
A family on an evening walk has found an apparent homemade explosive device near a popular walking track in south eastern Victoria. Police are investigating after the “suspicious device” was found near the Rokeby-to-Neerim rail trail near Lavinia Street about Read More …