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Category: News June 2022
Somalia: Double explosions kills at least 2 near Mogadishu
At least two people were killed and more than five others wounded late Friday in two explosions in and around Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, according to an official. The first attack was a landmine explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying Read More …
Cambodia: Battambang farmer finds 47 Soviet landmines
A farmer in Rukhak Kiri district of Battambang province found 47 Soviet Union-made landmines on June 9 while he was looking after his cows, according to the National Police. The police said the landmines found are the type PN2 with Read More …
Afghanistan: 5 security men, 1 civilian killed in Kandahar landmine blast
Six people were killed and a seventh injured in a roadside bomb blast in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Friday. Spin Boldak police chief Mohammad Hashim Mahmood told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place at around 8am in Read More …
Nigeria: ISIL affiliate blamed for church massacre
The Nigerian government has blamed an ISIL-affiliated armed group in the country for carrying out an attack that killed dozens of worshippers at a church. Security experts, however, expressed scepticism about the allegation. The responsibility for Sunday’s deadly bomb and Read More …
Northern Iraq: Explosive drone detonates in Erbil
A drone exploded in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Wednesday injuring three people and damaging several cars, according to a statement by Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service. The explosive drone detonated on Pirmam road in Erbil’s outskirts at 9:35 p.m. Iraq Read More …
Philippines: Mindanao land transport, security sectors beef up coordination
Land transport and security sector representatives in Mindanao will forge stronger coordination to prevent safety threats to commuters, starting with ensuring compliance to the required security plan for all service operators. “The policies are in place, we just need to Read More …
UK: Unexploded bomb found in Liverpool park lake
An unexploded bomb was found in a lake in Liverpool and later detonated by a team from the Army. A member of public found the explosive in Greenbank Park in the city’s Mossley Hill area at about 17:20 BST on Read More …
Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria
A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil. Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of providing support to the group and Read More …
Afghanistan: Mortar Shell Explosion Kills a Child in Kunduz Province
According to Taliban security officials, a mortar shell explosion in Kunduz province has killed one child. Abdullah Abedi, spokesman for the Taliban Police in Kunduz province, said the event occurred before noon on Tuesday, 7th June, in the village of Read More …
Cambodia: Former President of Colombia visits CMAC’s headquarters
Andrés Pastrana Arango, former President of the Republic of Colombia and current President of the Centrist Democrat International (CDI), paid a visit to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s headquarters in Phnom Penh earlier this week. He was warmly received Read More …
A legendary Army bomb tech who was paralyzed and learned to walk again has retired from the military
The most decorated soldier in an elite Army explosive ordnance disposal company retired last month after a legendary career that included defusing hundreds of bombs, saving the lives of countless service members, receiving the country’s second-highest award for valor, and Read More …
Suspect arrested in Slovakia for spreading hate speech and 3D printed weapons manuals
An investigation by the Slovak National Crime Agency (Národná kriminálna agentúra/NAKA), the Slovak Military Intelligence (Vojenské spravodajstvo), the Slovak Police (Príslušníci / PZ SR), supported by the Czech National Organized Crime Agency (Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu/NCOZ), the US FBI, Read More …
Jammu and Kashmir: 3 magnetic IEDs recovered from shot down drone in Dayaran area
Ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, police shot down a Pakistani drone carrying three magnetic improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the International Border (IB) in Kanachak sector of Akhnoor in Jammu on Monday night. Police said the drone was shot Read More …
Afghanistan: Explosion in Kabul Targets Kabul Municipality’s Head of District 4
The Taliban security officials in Kabul confirmed the explosion in Taimani Project, the capital’s fourth district, stating that many civilians were wounded. The explosion, which took place in Kabul’s PD 4 around 6:00 p.m., was caused by a magnetic bomb Read More …
Northern Iraq: Bomb injures person near headquarters of Iranian opposition party in Erbil
A person was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a car detonated near the headquarters of an Iranian opposition party in the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil, the Kurdistan Region’s Directorate General of Counter-Terrorism (CTD) reported on Monday. Read More …
UK: Manchester-based landmine charity heading to Ukraine to help clear explosives left by war
A charity based in Manchester is sending a team to Ukraine to help clear explosives left by the war. The Mines Advisory Group will work with local people and Ukrainian authorities to dispose of mines and other munitions. They will Read More …
Nigeria: Gunmen kill ‘many’ church worshippers in Ondo state
Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church and opened fire in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 21 worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said. Richard Olatunde, spokesman for the Ondo State governor’s office, told AFP that Read More …
UN: Protecting civilians from explosive weapons in conflict, 5 things you should know
“On average, 90 per cent of those killed and injured by the use of explosive weapons used in populated areas are civilians. A political commitment to address the humanitarian harm arising from the use of these weapons in cities, towns Read More …
Israeli soldiers in West Bank attacked by IED
Two suspects riding on a motorcycle threw an improvised bomb at soldiers, who responded by opening fire Suspects riding on a motorcycle hurled an improvised bomb at Israeli soldiers near the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday night, the Read More …