Armed militants have stormed the luxurious Pearl Continental in Gwadar in Pakistan in a bid to attack Chinese and other foreign investors https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/armed-militants-storm-luxury-hotel-in-gwadar-pakistan A hotel security guard and four terrorists were killed the attack after security forces cornered the attackers on a staircase inside the hotel after a gun fight that went on for several [...]
One of the most frequent enquiries we receive here at The Panic Room Company is for security doors from both residential and commercial clients and their specific projects. If you’re considering adding a security door or doors in your home, office, hotel, embassy or school, our advice is: don’t forget the security walls too! We’ve [...]
Four gunmen from Somalian militant group al-Shabab have attacked a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi and killed at least 15 people, including one US citizen. The attack was reported by the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46880375and other news agencies. Local police outlined how the gunmen initiated the attack by throwing bombs at vehicles in the car park and [...]
Yet more young people have lost their lives at the hands of guns in schools with 10 students killed and 10 injured in the recent attack at Santa Fe High School in the US state of Texas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44173954 17-year old, Dimitrios Pagourtzis allegedly used a shotgun and a revolver, taken from his father who legally [...]
A terrorist attack at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan has reportedly left 18 people dead and several wounded. Taliban gunmen entered the hotel’s restaurant through a kitchen at around 9pm local time on Saturday evening and began shooting as guests were enjoying their dinner. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42766623 The hotel is a landmark in the country’s capital [...]
Following a number of international terror attacks involving vehicles driving into crowds, the latest being in the Las Ramblas area of Barcelona which left 13 people dead, Leeds City Council has announced plans to create a ‘ring of steel’ around the city centre. Leeds City Council has already put several measures in place so far [...]
This year’s Security & Counter Terror Expo was once again hugely insightful with a variety of speakers covering some extremely important topics. James Brandon, director of geopolitical risk at Stirling Assynt, held a seminar on ‘the threat assessment challenge for critical business and infrastructure protection in the UK’. He offered his analysis of how business [...]
Yet another hotel has come under attack from terrorists with a number of people killed and injured by Al-Shabab fighters, this time in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/25/15-dead-islamists-storm-mogadishu-hotel/ The question that many people ask when an incident of this nature occurs is “how could this be prevented from happening again?” The team here at The [...]