Somalia: Suicide bomber infiltrates crowded Mogadishu Stadium during presence of Somalia president

The security situation in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, remains highly precarious as recent reports from local security sources reveal a chilling incident where a lone suicide bomber successfully infiltrated the heavily crowded stadium in Mogadishu. The stadium was Read More …

Kenya: 8 police officers injured in al-Shabaab attacks in border region

A suspected al-Shabaab suicide bomber was killed and eight Kenyan police officers were wounded in separate incidents near Kenya’s border with Somalia on Wednesday. In the first incident, the militants ambushed and injured at least eight elite police officers from Read More …

Pakistan: Three soldiers killed in North Waziristan suicide attack

Three soldiers including Naib Subedar Sahib Khan, Naik Muhammad Ibrahim and Sepoy Jehangir Khan embraced martyrdom when a vehicle borne suicide bomber exploded himself at Miran Shah in North Waziristan District. According to ISPR, the suicide bomber intended targeting the Read More …

Pakistan: Female suicide bomber kills one police officer and wounds five others in Turbat

A suicide bomber struck in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least one police and wounding five others in an attempt to target a paramilitary convoy, an official said. Authorities recovered the remains of a female bomber following the explosion Read More …

Somalia: Extremists attack military base amid African Union troop drawdown

A military base in Somalia came under attack by al-Shabaab extremists on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, just as the African Union announced it was beginning a drawdown of troops in the violence-wracked nation. Almost simultaneous suicide bomb blasts targeted Read More …

Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills four at checkpoint in North Waziristan

A suicide bomber killed four people when he detonated a car bomb at a police checkpoint in a marketplace in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. Pakistan is grappling with an uptick in militancy since the Taliban returned to power Read More …

India: Coimbatore blast, 190kg of explosive material bought for IED

The suicide bomber in October 2022 Coimbatore blast, Jameesha Mubeen, and two of his relatives had purchased 190 kg of explosive material – both through e-commerce websites and offline – to make a potent Improvised Explosive Device (IED) for the Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, six injured as Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade comes under suicide attack

A man was killed and six others were injured in a tragic incident of a suicide attack near Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade in Zhob on Friday. According to police, Mr Haq remained safe during the blast. The JI chief Read More …

Nigeria: Suicide bomber bombs self in Kaduna

A suspected member of Boko Haram on Monday morning was reported to have blown himself off with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to avoid being arrested by security operatives. The Nation gathered the incident occurred at Ibrahim Haske Road in Read More …

DEVCOM CBC Team Supports Data Collection Event in Alaska

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) participated in an Army-sponsored data collection event at the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC) in Fort Greely, Alaska as part of its work Read More …

Germany arrests 28-year-old Syrian over ‘radical Islamist’ bomb plot

German authorities arrested a 28-year-old Syrian national on Tuesday morning, one of two brothers suspected of planning to blow up civilian targets using a homemade explosives belt for “radical Islamist and jihadist” reasons, a statement said. Public prosecutors in the Read More …

Israel says suspect killed wearing a suicide vest following roadside bomb

Israeli security forces killed a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb that injured a man near the occupied West Bank this week, the military said on Wednesday, adding that the suspect’s potential ties to the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban governor of Balkh province killed in blast

The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province has been killed inside his office in a suicide attack that was later claimed by the ISIL armed group. The killing of Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the provincial governor, on Thursday marked one of Read More …

Pakistan: Eight policemen, one civilian killed in suicide attack on Balochistan Constabulary van in Bolan

Nine individuals, including eight policemen and one civilian, were martyred in a suicide attack on a Balochistan Constabulary van in the Dhadar tehsil of the Kacchi district in Bolan on Monday. According to Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, the blast occurred Read More …

Manchester Arena attack: Security services might have prevented Manchester Arena bombing

The security services were guilty of “a significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented” the Manchester Arena bombing, according to the chairman of the inquiry into the atrocity. A report published by former high court judge Sir Read More …

Pakistan: 28 killed, 150 injured in blast at Peshawar Police Lines mosque

A blast inside a mosque shook Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday, with officials saying that at least 28 people were killed and 150 were injured. Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Mehsood confirmed the casualties, adding that a rescue operation was under Read More …

Pakistan: At least three killed after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in Miranshah

At least three people were killed and five others were injured after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in North Waziristan’s Miranshah town. According to government sources, most of the casualties were pedestrians in the area. The injured and Read More …

Indonesia suicide bombing kills police officer; attacker leaves note criticising new criminal code

A suspected militant, angered by Indonesia’s new criminal code, killed a police officer and wounded at least 10 in a suicide bomb attack at a police station in the city of Bandung on Wednesday (Dec 7), authorities said. The suicide Read More …

Somalia: Security forces battle to end siege at hotel in Mogadishu

Somalia attackers are still firing from Villa Rose hotel near the presidential palace where they holed up since last night when the attack began at around 8:10 P.M. local time. The attack began with a suicide blast that struck at Read More …