- UK: Homes evacuated and man arrested after bomb squad called to a flat in Glasgow
April 17, 2023
Homes have been evacuated and a man has been arrested after bomb disposal units were called to a block of flats in Glasgow. Police are currently at the scene on Petershill Road in the Springburn area of the city after being called just after 10am on Monday. Officers received reports of a suspect device within a flat ...
- UK: Controlled explosion held at Cavenham Heath Nature Reserve
April 17, 2023
A controlled explosion was carried out after a device, thought to be a corroded mortar shell, was found at a nature reserve. Suffolk police was called to Cavenham Heath Nature Reserve, Tuddenham St Mary, about 15:00 BST on Sunday after a member of public reported the find. Police said the device was between 3in (8cm) and 4in ...
- Philippines: Homemade bomb blast in Sultan Kudarat province injures eight people
April 17, 2023
A homemade bomb ripped through a bus in southern Philippines on Monday and wounded at least eight people, a military spokesperson said. Army Major Andrew Linao of the Western Mindanao Command said the bomb went off as the bus with an unspecified number of passengers rolled into the transport terminal around 12:20pm local time in Isulan ...
- India: RSS worker injured while making bomb in Kerala: Second incident in 30 days
April 17, 2023
A young man affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) suffered severe injuries after an explosion occurred during bomb-making near Eranjolipalam in Kerala‘s Kannur district on Tuesday night. Vishnu (20) had his palms shattered and scattered in the incident. He was rushed to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital for urgent medical attention. Read more… Source: Maktoob media
- Florida: Man arrested after explosion
April 16, 2023
A Palm Coast man has been arrested after being accused of setting off a homemade explosive device Friday, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. According to a news release, the St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad helped find the explosive device and the detonator. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ...
- Niger: Boko Haram IED attack kills operatives of the Niger Republic National Guard
April 16, 2023
A security expert in Maiduguri, Borno state has recently reported that the National Guard of Niger Republic has lost at least two men to an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Djalori. Allegedly on Friday, 14th April 2023, the men were on a fighting patrol in the municipality of Gueskerou when there vehicle hit an Improvised ...
- Pakistan: Quetta blast claims lives of three children
April 15, 2023
Three children playing in an abandoned house were killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the Rehman Kahol area of Balochistan’s Chaman district, officials said on Friday. Two children — identified as Abdul Mateen, 12, and Abdul Qudoos, 10 — were killed on the spot. The third one, seven-year-old Bashir Ahmed, was injured and ...
- Nepal: Improvised explosive device planted outside rural municipality chair in Rupandehi district defused
April 15, 2023
Municipality chair in Rupandehi district has been defused on Saturday. A team of Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel disposed of the IED created by inserting explosives into a pressure cooker. Read more… Source: The Kathmandu Post
- Northern Ireland: Police vehicle attacked with suspected petrol bomb in Derry
April 15, 2023
A suspected petrol bomb has been thrown at a police vehicle in Derry. The incident happened in the Shearwater Way area of Derry at around 10am on Saturday as officers attended a reported incident. The PSNI said the vehicle then came under attack. Read more… Source: KildareLive
- Nigeria: Three soldiers injured ‘after running into IED planted by ISWAP’ in Borno
April 15, 2023
At least three soldiers attached to the 25 task force brigade of Operation Hadin Kai have been reportedly injured after running into an improvised explosive device (IED) in Borno. Allegedly, the troop encountered the IED during a fighting patrol between Sabon Gari – Wajiroko on Friday. Read more… Source: The Cable
- Cyprus: 22-year-old in prison for possession of explosives
April 15, 2023
The Police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with an investigation into a case of illegal possession and storage of explosives. Before the arrest and securing a court warrant, the Police carried out an investigation of the young man’s home in Paphos, where the following explosives were found and received as evidence. Read more… Source: In Cyprus
- Japan: Man arrested after ‘smoke bomb’ is thrown at the prime minister Fumio Kishida
April 15, 2023
Japan’s prime minister was forced to take cover on Saturday after a pipe-like object believed to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him during an outdoor speech. Fumio Kishida was unharmed in the incident, which came after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead on the campaign trail by a lone assailant with a ...
- Spain: Court releases man charged with sending letter bombs
April 14, 2023
A Spanish magistrate on Friday ordered the conditional release of a man charged with terrorism for sending six letters containing explosives to high-profile diplomatic and government targets. The National Court magistrate said Pompeyo González Pascual, 74, must appear in court each week, relinquish his passport and remain in Spain as conditions for getting and remaining out ...
- US Army all hazards command participates in Exercise Freedom Shield in South Korea
April 14, 2023
SEOUL – The U.S. military’s premier all hazards command deployed for Exercise Freedom Shield in South Korea, March 13 – 23. American Soldiers and U.S. Army civilians from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command trained with Eighth Army and Combined Forces Command units during the exercise. Read more… Source: DVIDS
- 4 Killed In Car Bomb Blasts At Myanmar New Year Festival
April 13, 2023
Four people were killed in eastern Myanmar on Thursday after a series of car bombs exploded at a pagoda where a crowd had gathered to mark the start of the Buddhist new year, a rescue worker and a security source said. The country has been in turmoil since a 2021 coup, with the army and anti-junta ...
- Nigeria: Unidentified device explodes in Dutse, injures one
April 13, 2023
An unidentified device suspected to be an improvised explosives device (IED) has exploded in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital. The explosion, according to an eyewitness and the police in the state, happened late Tuesday at Hakimi Street, Dutse and left one person with injuries. Read more… Source: Daily Trust
- UK: Sharnbrook house explosion investigated by counter terror police
April 13, 2023
Counter terrorism police have been deployed to the aftermath of a small explosion at a house. Emergency services were called to the property in Loring Road in Sharnbrook following the incident at about 19:40 BST on Monday. Bedfordshire Police said a man in his 40s was taken to hospital with “life-changing” injuries and was later arrested. Read ...
- US: Army working dog teams assist with emerging technology assessment
April 13, 2023
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — More than 20 military working dog teams from across the Army converged on Fort Leonard Wood last week to participate in an assessment of a new explosives detection training aid developed at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. According to Jarrett Ellis, ...
- Pakistan: Lahore-bound train narrowly escapes bomb blast
April 12, 2023
A Lahore-bound train on Tuesday narrowly escaped a bomb blast that happened at the main railway track linking Quetta with the other three provinces. Railway officials said the powerful explosion occurred at the main railway track near Mushkaf railway station in Bolan district when Jaffar Express was on its way to Lahore from the Mach railway ...
- Sri Lanka: Army de-miners in full swing to complete de-mining process in North
April 12, 2023
During the last phase of the Humanitarian Operation, mines remained scattered haphazardly all over the North posing serious threat to human habitation. In 2002, the Sri Lankan Government initiated the National Mine Action Programme aiming to create a mine and explosive devices-free environment. Aimed at establishing a mechanism for effective clearance of mines in Sri Lanka, ...
- TTP Still Using Afghan Soil for Attacks in Pakistan – Khawaja Asif
April 12, 2023
Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has claimed that the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) still uses Afghanistan soil against Pakistan, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Defense Minister said while interviewing with Voice of America, a US broadcaster: “Islamabad has good relations with the de facto government in Afghanistan. However, at the same time, they expressed concern that ...
- Afghanistan: Mine blast kills two children in Ghazni province
April 11, 2023
Two children were killed when the unexploded device from the past war exploded in the eastern province of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, local sources said. On Monday afternoon, a group of children found the explosive device in the eastern province of Afghanistan, Ghazni, Nahoor district; while playing with the device, it exploded and killed two of ...
- Northern Ireland: Four suspected pipe bombs found in cemetery in Creggan
April 11, 2023
Four suspected pipe bombs have been found by police in a cemetery in Northern Ireland. Officers sealed off the City Cemetery in Creggan, Londonderry, on Tuesday following the discovery of a suspicious device. Police said all four devices were located in the same area where clothes worn by participants in a republican parade on Easter Monday ...
- At least 3,500 African Union soldiers killed in Somalia since 2007
April 11, 2023
Thousands of African Union peacekeepers have been killed and hundreds more injured in Somalia since the forces began their work in that country in early 2007, the head of their mission told VOA Somali. The peacekeepers were deployed to help protect the government and installations from al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab militants. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, the special representative of ...
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