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- Iraq: ‘Gentle steps forward’ in restoring Mosul’s Commonwealth war cemetery
April 20, 2021
There have been “gentle steps forward” in the effort to repair the war cemetery in Mosul, following years of ISIS occupation. Iraq’s second-largest city spent three years under Islamic State’s brutal rule and many of its buildings were destroyed, including its war cemetery. When the occupation came to an end in 2017, it was estimated that 90% ...
- Northern Ireland: Bomb found under car of ‘young’ female part time PSNI officer in Dungiven
April 20, 2021
A device has been discovered under the car of a serving PSNI officer near a property in Dungiven in County Londonderry. The First Minister Arlene Foster has condemned the “terrorists” who targetted the officer. “I have spoken to the police officer who was targeted by terrorists last night in County Londonderry,” she wrote online. “I wanted to convey ...
- NSWC IHD’s EOD Department Hosts EOD Threat Expo
April 19, 2021
Indian Head, Maryland, – Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Department conducted its third annual EOD Threat Expo at the Stump Neck Annex, April 13-15. The threat expo is the second in a series of events supporting the Joint EOD (JEOD) program’s planning cycle. The first event was a ...
- UK: Navy bomb disposal called to suspected explosive ordnance near Inverness
April 19, 2021
A Royal Navy bomb disposal team was dispatched this afternoon to conduct a controlled explosion near Inverness. Suspected explosive ordnance was found in Milton of Culloden around 12noon with coastguard teams tasked to attend. Inverness and Nairn coastguard teams reported the ordnance to the Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team based at Faslane. Read more… Source: The Press and ...
- CoESS joins EU Project to launch a Regional Certification Centre for Explosive Detection Dogs and Certification Standards
April 19, 2021
In order to strengthen the detection of threats by explosives in public areas and critical infrastructures within the EU member states, a consortium created and led by Palmyra Aviation Advisors, and including CoESS, has been awarded a project grant to create an EU certification standard and to launch a certification centre for explosive detection dogs ...
- Somalia: A Senior Military Commander Killed in a Roadside Bomb
April 18, 2021
A top military commander and a soldier were killed on Saturday in a roadside bomb targets a Somali military vehicle, witnesses said. The explosion occurred near Gololey village, which is located between Balad and Jowhar. The blast killed Yasin Abdi Tohow, a senior Somali military commander. Several soldiers sustained injuries. HirShabelle President Ali Gudlawe Hussein spoke about ...
- Afghan Security Forces Neutralised IEDs on Nimruz, Khost, Maidan Wardak and Logar province
April 18, 2021
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover and defuse 13 IEDs in Jabul Saraj district of Parwan & Zaranj City of Nimruz. https://twitter.com/moiafghanistan/status/1383644197111042053 Afghan National Army conducted an operation in Pashton Zarghon district of Herat province yesterday. Vast areas were cleared off from Taliban and 5 terrorists were killed and 6 others ...
- Afghanistan: Herat car bomb attack claim ‘lives of 3’ policemen
April 17, 2021
Three policemen were killed a explosive-laden vehicle targeted an outpost in western province of Herat. The incident happened in the Bazarakarea of Zinda Jan district on Friday evening, and was followed by Taliban attacks on the district from three positions. According to the local officials, the clashes between Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, and the Taliban ...
- North Carolina: Search warrants show how police connected man to explosive devices found around Brevard
April 17, 2021
Newly-obtained search warrants and a probable cause affidavit are shedding light on how police were able to connect a man to more than a dozen explosive devices found around downtown Brevard in March. It all started the morning of Sunday, March 14, when Brevard Police received multiple reports of a suspected improvised explosive device, or IED, ...
- Ohio: Improvised explosive devices found in Akron near railroad tracks
April 16, 2021
Authorities are investigating after two improvised explosive devices were found within a week of each other in Akron. Both were found near railroad tracks and not too far from homeless encampments. Authorities said only one device was functional and they don’t know if the two are connected. The most recent device was found at about noon Wednesday ...
- UK: Bomb detonated in Birmingham park after magnet fishing find
April 16, 2021
The Yardley police team Tweeted: “A hand grenade from WW2 was found today by keen magnet fishers on the canal in Acocks Green the device was transported to Wagon Lane park where it was safely detonated by The EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal).” A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: “A controlled explosion has been carried out ...
- Team from Air Force Research Lab finds a way to use packaged snow as explosion protection
April 15, 2021
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Sometimes nature offers more than just beauty, and in this case, it provided a natural solution for a protective barrier for individuals conducting live ordnance training in the Alaska cold. A team from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Junior Force Warfighter Operations in the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (designated ...
- Montana: Malmstrom AFB is conducting EOD training on Thursday
April 15, 2021
Malmstrom Air Force said in a news release on Thursday that its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team will be conducting training operations today on base. There will be controlled detonations between noon until 4pm. A spokesman said, “Specifically we expect them to be in the 12pm-1pm timeframe, but don’t be surprised if you hear any explosions ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban Attack Army Base in Zabul, Clashes Ongoing
April 15, 2021
The Taliban attacked a local army base in the southern province of Zabul on Wednesday night and clashes are still ongoing, local sources confirmed on Thursday. The attack took place in the Holand area of Shahjoy district when first the Taliban detonated a car bomb at the base and then militants engaged with security forces, according ...
- Iraq: At Least One Dead, Several Injured in Baghdad Bombing
April 15, 2021
Iraq military officials say a powerful explosion rocked a market in Baghdad’s Sadr City district Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring at least 12 others. The military statement did not say what caused the explosion or who was responsible, but witnesses and social media reports blamed a car bomb. Video from the scene showed ...
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