Europe

September 3, 2026

In Munich, a man and a woman allegedly attempted to carry out an arson attack outside the premises of two defence companies. The pair were arrested. Several incendiary devices were set off during the night outside Munich-based technology group Rohde & Schwarz and German drone manufacturer Helsing. Investigators currently believe that two of the devices ignited, while ...

September 3, 2026

Serbian prosecutors confirmed Thursday that four people have been detained as part of an investigation into an “organised group” suspected of moving explosives and drones into European Union countries. The group, which authorities say includes three other members, is suspected of obtaining explosives and drones in Serbia before moving them to “locations planned and agreed in ...

September 2, 2026

An unknown object exploded near ‌a train station in the southern city of Augsburg in the early hours ​of Wednesday, German police said, adding ​that two passers-by aged 17 and 18 sustained ⁠minor injuries. The blast occurred in ​a building passageway, Bavaria state police ​said, adding that the injured individuals were two Ukrainian citizens. Hours later, the ...

September 1, 2026

According to media reports, a key installation near the Jänschwalde coal plant in Brandenburg was repeatedly targeted with rockets, which emergency crews later found and defused. Several improvised explosive devices were found at a substation near a coal-fired power plant in Germany on Tuesday and several power lines were damaged, police and a grid operator said. Operator ...

August 31, 2026

Twenty-five veterans and family members from Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast have completed a UNDP-supported retraining programme and are now qualified to work in humanitarian demining. The eight-week training programme combined classroom instruction with intensive practical exercises at a training site near Kyiv. Course participants learned how to identify mines and other explosive ordnance, apply manual demining ...

August 31, 2026

Poland suspects a fire at a factory operated by a drone component maker was an arson attack involving foreign intelligence services, according to a statement issued by the prosecutors. WB Electronics, whose factory caught fire shortly in the early hours of Monday, is one of Poland’s largest private defense companies. It produces reconnaissance drones and loitering munitions, ...

August 31, 2026

An explosion at a district police station in Rivne on 31 August which killed one member of staff and injured three others occurred as bomb disposal experts were at work. A criminal investigation has been opened into the negligent storage of firearms or ammunition. Read more… Source: Ukrainska Pravda Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters The latest news ...

August 30, 2026

On Saturday, a home on Professor R. Casimirstraat in Amsterdam was targeted three times with explosives. Two of the attempts resulted in explosions. However, just after midnight, police prevented the third explosion by arresting a 16-year-old boy from Amsterdam. The Defense Explosives Disposal Service (EOD) neutralized the explosives. According to the police, the boy will be presented ...

August 27, 2026

The 100-kilogram aerial bomb found in Berlin-Neukölln was successfully defused late Wednesday evening, according to a police statement. Thousands of people who had been evacuated from their homes were able to return shortly before midnight. The World War II bomb had been found in the Neukölln shipping canal. The detonator was detached and rendered harmless. “There ...

August 27, 2026

A Russian serviceman was killed by a car bomb Thursday, officials said, the latest in a string of deadly blasts targeting military personnel and others linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The man was killed and his wife was injured when their car exploded in the Pushkinsky suburb on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, the city’s branch of ...

August 25, 2026

A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with a security alert in Omagh. Residents were forced to evacuate their homes after a suspicious device was found at a property in the town yesterday morning. Police searched the home in the Gardenville Avenue area and a cordon was put in place. During the search they found ...

August 25, 2026

German investigators uncovered a third drone and suspected military explosives thought to be connected to an attempted attack on Leipzig airport, local media have reported. The drone was discovered in Kabelsketal, just to the west of the airport, along with about 50g (1.8oz) of a suspected military explosive on 14 August, 10 days after the unsuccessful sabotage. ...

August 23, 2026

The Ministry of National Defense (MApN) announced on Sunday evening the discovery of a fragment of an aerial drone, model Gerbera, in the Gura Portiței area, a few hours after another similar fragment was found in Costinești. On August 23, a team of EOD combat divers from the Romanian Naval Forces was sent to the ...

August 22, 2026

Scorched landscapes across Europe have exposed a potentially lethal threat lurking underground. Rusted bombs and mines from the First and Second World Wars are now endangering emergency crews responding to wildfires across the continent. High heat has caused several weapons to explode in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. In the Dutch province of Limburg, a bomb disposal team was called out to inspect woodland ...

August 22, 2026

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called after an item of suspected unexploded ordnance was discovered. Dorset Police confirmed it received a report at 12.58pm on Friday, August 21, that the item had been found  at a site off Lifeboat Quay in Poole. The force informed the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, who assessed and removed the item. Read more… Source: Dorset ...

August 21, 2026

A number of viable devices were removed from a house in a Dundalk housing estate on Friday afternoon. Gardaí evacuated houses in the immediate vicinity, closed the road to the passage of traffic, and created a safe cordon. The Defence Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team attended the scene and confirmed a number of devices as viable. The ...

August 21, 2026

Russian specialists have developed a laser device for remote mine clearance based on a robotic platform that renders munitions harmless at a distance of up to 500 meters by burning away the explosive material without detonation. The laser is mounted on a ground robotic system. The system offers several advantages: it is completely safe for bomb ...

August 20, 2026

Several petrol bombs have been thrown at a row of supercars outside a wedding venue in a terrifying attack in Birmingham. Three landed close to guests, including a baby, outside the Royal Shalimar venue in Sparkbrook, Birmingham. Two more landed near what are believed to have been a Lamborghini and a McLaren. The attack took place at 8.30pm ...