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A PhD student has been found guilty of designing and building a “kamikaze” drone capable of delivering a bomb or chemical weapon for so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorists. Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court deliberated for around six hours over two days Read More …
Residents living near an area of woodland where a blue police tent has been set up said they had heard a “few controlled explosions”. However, they added they were still none the wiser about what was going on as officers Read More …
On August 25 1939, a bomb tore through heart of Coventry city centre, leaving five dead and 70 injured. The bomb had been planted by the IRA, and exploded on a busy Friday afternoon, leaving shop fronts shattered and the Read More …
Army bomb disposal experts have removed an exploded wartime bomb from a Smethwick canal. The army was called in to deal with the device found at Rabone Lane on Thursday afternoon. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team has since recovered the Read More …
A former student caught with al-Qaeda magazines on his phone including ‘how to make a bomb in your mother’s kitchen’ has been jailed for three years. Salim Youssoufi, of Coventry Road, Small Heath, also had conversations with a man who Read More …
A 13-year-old girl was injured after explosives detonated on a residential street – with police keeping an ‘open mind’ about whether the incident was terror related. Neighbours said they heard two blasts ring out just after midnight on the road Read More …
