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- 4 low-intensity IED blasts hit Assam, no casualties
January 27, 2020
At least four low-intensity explosions within a span of 15 minutes hit Assam on Sunday as India marked its 71st Republic Day, officials said, adding that there was no loss of life or damage to property. Hours later, the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent), or Ulfa(I), claimed responsibility, saying it was the handiwork of ...
- Small suspected homemade bomb explodes at Hong Kong hospital, no injuries
January 27, 2020
A suspected small-scale homemade bomb exploded at a general hospital in Hong Kong on Monday, causing the temporary evacuation of some patients but no injuries, police said. The incident came after a group of protesters on Sunday set alight the lobby of a newly built residential building in Hong Kong that authorities had planned to use ...
- RAF Wittering bomb squad warrant officer retires after 35 years of service
January 26, 2020
Mr Hunt joined the RAF in 1984 as a weapons mechanic at the age of 16. Like every airman of his generation, basic training was completed at RAF Swinderby before trade training at RAF Cosford. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) has been a feature of Mr Hunt’s career since the very beginning. Once qualified, his first posting ...
- Stockholm: Two explosions minutes apart cause damage and leave one person injured
January 21, 2020
One person has been injured and buildings have been damaged in two explosions which happened minutes apart in Sweden’s capital. Explosives were used but Swedish authorities have said the early morning blasts on Tuesday were not terror-related. The explosions happened in the suburban areas of Stockholm about 500m apart and damaged balconies, windows, doors and inside several apartments. Houses were ...
- France: 7 men arrested on suspicion of planning terror attack
January 21, 2020
French security forces on Monday arrested seven men believed to be planning a terror attack in the country and preparing to travel to conflict zones in Iraq and Syria, sources close to the case told AFP. The seven were detained by France’s DGSI domestic intelligence agency in the western coastal city of Brest and the surrounding Finistere ...
- Grenade blast in Sudan leaves at least five dead
January 21, 2020
A grenade exploded yesterday at a wedding party in Sudan’s capital, killing at least five people, the Ministry of Health said early Tuesday. The incident occurred in the Shegla neighborhood of Khartoum’s al-Haj Youssef district due to a fight between two people, with one of them throwing a grenade. At least 40 others were injured, including children. Read ...
- Bangladesh: Two militants arrested with ties to attacks on police
January 20, 2020
Police have arrested two operatives of Neo-JMB, an offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Majahideen Bangladesh, over the attacks on police in Dhaka in 2019. The militants have been identified as Jamal Uddin Rafique, 26, and Anwar Hossain, 25. Jamal, the ‘mastermind’ of the crude bomb attacks, is a former student of Khulna University of Engineering and ...
- India: Low intensity IED found at Mangaluru international airport
January 20, 2020
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday said that it had discovered a bag containing an improvised explosive device (IED) in the premises of Mangaluru airport, about 360 km from Bengaluru. According to CISF senior officials, the bag contained some explosive substances, IED components and was a potentially low intensity device. “It (IED) did not have ...
- Angola: Killer Landmines a Sad Legacy of Past Angola Conflicts
January 20, 2020
The recent death of five people after a landmine explosion in northeastern Angola is a tragic reminder of the unenviable legacy of one of the longest conflicts in the continent. Last week, a land cruiser carrying 13 people hit a landmine, presumed to be anti-tank, claiming the lives of the above-mentioned and injury to others on ...
- Glyndwr University researcher seeks real world data to develop AI landmine clearance
January 20, 2020
A landmine research project which aims to develop an artificial intelligence approach to mine clearance is being developed at Wrexham Glyndwr University. The project – which is currently in its developmental stages – is being developed by Computing PhD student Alexander Bruckbauer who is working on building the model under the supervision of Professor of Computing ...
- Somalia: Turkish workers wounded in deadly al-Shabab car bombing
January 18, 2020
At least four people have been killed and 15 others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack claimed by the al-Shabab group near the capital of Somalia, according to authorities. Both Turkish and Somali officials said those injured in Saturday’s attack near the town of Afgoye, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) southwest of Mogadishu, included Turkish engineers as well ...
- Hoaxer jailed after causing bomb scare because he was going to miss his flight
January 18, 2020
A passenger who caused a bomb scare on his own flight because he was running late has been jailed for 16 months. Rashidul Islam was due to fly from Gatwick Airport to Morocco to see his fiancee, but his train from Cricklewood unexpectedly terminated at St Pancras. He took a taxi from the train station in Central London but ...
- Mumbai Blasts Convict “Doctor Bomb” Who Jumped Parole Arrested In UP
January 17, 2020
A 68-year-old convict of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Jalees Ansari, who had gone missing on Thursday after he jumped parole, has been arrested in Kanpur today. Ansari, also known as Dr Bomb, was leaving a mosque in the city and headed to the railway station when he was caught by the Uttar Pradesh ...
- Al-Shabaab bomb expert killed by Somali commandos in Lower Shabelle
January 16, 2020
The Somali Commando force known as Danab have killed an Al-Shabaab bomb expert in a raid near the town of Wanlaweyn in Lower Shabelle, southern Somalia. The explosives expert, described by officials leading the operation as a senior Al-Shabaab commander named Mohamed Osman Hussein Bulush, was shot dead in a firefight with the commandos, who initially ...
- FBI arrests 3 linked to white supremacist group ahead of pro-gun rally
January 16, 2020
FBI agents on Thursday arrested a former Canadian armed forces reservist and two other men who are linked to a violent white supremacist group and were believed to be heading to a pro-gun rally next week in Virginia’s capital. The three men are members of the Base and were arrested on federal charges in a criminal complaint unsealed ...
- IED on Incendiary Balloon from Gaza Explodes in Southern Israel Community
January 16, 2020
A homemade bomb tied to a collection of pretty balloons that was flown into southern Israel by Gaza terrorists blew up in a community on Thursday before sappers had time to defuse it. The cluster of balloons, tied to an improvised explosive device (IED), had landed in an open area in the Sdot Negev Regional Council ...
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