- UK: Explosion at arms factory site in south Wales
April 17, 2024
There has been an explosion at a site belonging to BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest defence firm, in south Wales. It happened at BAE Systems in Glascoed, Monmouthshire, at 10:49 BST on Wednesday, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said. BAE Systems said safety protocols were “immediately enacted” and emergency services attended the site. It said there ...
- How Nigeria, neighbours can defeat ISWAP terror group
April 17, 2024
The death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in 2021 triggered unprecedented exits from one of the group’s two factions, Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (JAS). He died when the other faction, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), invaded his Sambisa Forest fortress in Borno State, north-east Nigeria. Rather than being taken alive, Shekau detonated a suicide ...
- DHS Announces $1.8 Billion in Preparedness Grants
April 16, 2024
WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced more than $1.8 billion in funding for eight Fiscal Year 2024 preparedness grant programs. These grant programs provide critical funding to help state, local, tribal, and territorial officials prepare for, prevent, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism and disasters. “As threats continue to evolve, ...
- Belgium: Explosive devices thrown at homes in Antwerp Province
April 16, 2024
Explosive devices were thrown at homes at three locations in Antwerp Province on Monday night. Houses in the Antwerp districts of Merksem and Borgerhout were attacked, as was a house in the municipality of Boom, around 16 kilometres south of Antwerp. No one was injured in the attacks. Police are currently investigating whether the three incidents ...
- Ontario: Police search home after man injured with explosive
April 16, 2024
Police searched a residence just east of downtown Guelph Monday after a man hurt himself with a homemade explosive device. On Sunday morning, officers were called to Guelph General Hospital about a 27-year-old man who was being treated for hand injuries. Investigators determined he had hurt himself when an improvised explosive went off. He was arrested and ...
- Hong Kong: Ringleader in a petrol bomb case jailed for almost four years
April 16, 2024
A man who was among 12 crime suspects caught during an attempt to travel to Taiwan by speedboat in 2020 was jailed for three years and 10 months by the District Court on Tuesday. Tang Kai-yin, 34, had earlier admitted perverting the course of justice through the escape bid, as well as possessing articles with intent ...
- Russia: FSB prevents terror attack on Trans-Siberian Railway
April 16, 2024
Operatives from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for the Kemerovo Region have detained a 28-year-old man who plotted to set fire to over 10 relay boxes on the Trans-Siberian Railway on instructions from unknown individuals in Ukraine, the FSB press service told reporters. According to preliminary information, the man was interacting with unknown individuals in Ukraine ...
- DHS: Applications Open for FY24 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grants
April 15, 2024
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Administered by the DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the TVTP Grant Program is the only federal government grant ...
- UK: Teenager detained for plotting terrorist attack on the Isle of Wight music festival
April 15, 2024
A British teenager who planned a terrorist attack on the Isle of Wight music festival was sentenced to seven years’ detention on Monday. The 16-year-old had converted to Islam and developed what the sentencing judge, Maura McGowan, described as “a corrupted form” of the religion, believing it was justified to kill those he felt insulted his ...
- UK: Warning after live ammunition found in riverbank in Colchester
April 15, 2024
An urgent warning has been issued to unofficial treasure-seekers, after live ammunition was discovered along a public riverbank. City wardens in Colchester, Essex, found 20 rounds of the ammunition in Castle Park on Friday. A further inspection uncovered a suspected hand grenade in the river on Sunday. Read more… Source: BBC News
- US military’s additional review into deadly Kabul airport attack concludes troops did not see bomber ahead of attack
April 15, 2024
An additional review by the US military into the deadly Abbey Gate bombing during the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021, which aimed to clear up outstanding questions about the attack, has concluded that service members had not previously seen the suspected bomber ahead of the attack, but believed they had because of conflated intelligence reporting. “Over the ...
- Cyprus: Explosion rocks hotel on Larnaca seafront
April 15, 2024
The blast in the early hours of Monday at a Larnaca seaside hotel, which has been closed for renovation work since December last year, was caused by a home-made explosive device, police said. The home-made explosive device went off at about 2am, causing minor damage to the building’s entrance. There was nobody present at the time. ...
- India: IEDs recovered in 8 cans in Jharkhand
April 15, 2024
Security forces recovered and defused improvised explosive devices (IEDs) kept in eight cans in a forest in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Monday, police said. The explosives were recovered from the Lohra forest under the jurisdiction of the Barwadih police station during a special operation. The second commandant of the CRPF 11 battalion, Vinod Kumar Kanojiya, said ...
- Israel: Four IDF soldiers wounded in explosion on Lebanese side of border
April 15, 2024
Four IDF soldiers were wounded by an unidentified explosion just inside the Lebanese side of the western border with Israel during operations related to securing the border. The IDF is still reviewing what caused the explosion but did not say anything about any active threat or attack posed by Hezbollah. In the absence of an active ...
- IAEA: United Nations Security Council Update
April 15, 2024
On Sunday, 7 April, the International Support and Assistance Mission to ZNPP (ISAMZ) confirmed the first attacks since November 2022 to directly target ZNPP. The ISAMZ team was able to inspect the location of one direct strike at the apex of the containment dome of the Unit 6 reactor building. Whilst the damage to the structure ...
- Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces urge public vigilance as ADF pursuit continues
April 14, 2024
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has called for vigilance amongst Ugandans as they continue to pursue the Allied Defence Forces rebels in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to Maj. Bilal Katamba, the public information officer UPDF Mountain Division/Operation Shujaa, ADF has intensified the implanting of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). However, the joint forces’ ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Arms, Ammunition Recovered In Reasi
April 14, 2024
Security forces on Saturday recovered cache of arms and ammunition, including Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and explosives, from a terrorist hideout in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. A police spokesman said that acting on the reliable information regarding presence of a hideout in Mahore sub division area, a joint operation was launched jointly by Police ...
- Myanmar: 12 injured in bomb blasts in Mandalay during Thingyan water festival
April 14, 2024
Twelve people were injured in bomb blasts during the Thingyan water festival in central Myanmar’s Mandalay on Sunday, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council said. The incident occurred at around 10:25 a.m. local time (0355 GMT) on Sunday when two improvised explosive devices exploded at a motorcycle parking area near the Mandalay mayor’s pandal ...
- Israel: IDF says 99 percent of launches intercepted, Iran’s attack ‘failed’
April 14, 2024
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, addressed the overnight Iranian attack during a morning operational update. “99% of the threats launched towards Israeli territory were intercepted – a very significant strategic achievement,” he specified. “Of approximately 170 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that Iran launched, zero crossed into Israeli territory.” Read more… Source: iNews24 Related: RAF ...
- RCN: Clearance Divers, NTOG mine Army event for recruits
April 13, 2024
The best way to recruit high-level fitness members to high-intensity trades is to go where these people are, says one Clearance Diver (CD). In search of new recruiting grounds, Master Sailor (MS) Mark Littler partnered with MS David Aubin from the Naval Tactical Operations Group (NTOG) for a 5-day recruiting campaign in Petawawa, Ont., during Exercise ...
- Ukraine receives 22 demining vehicles from Japan
April 13, 2024
Explosive ordnance disposal units of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service will receive 22 mechanized demining vehicles from the Japanese government, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said after a meeting with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Last year, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that Ukraine needs $37 billion and over 10,000 deminers to complete the mine clearance ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered, destroyed in Rajouri
April 13, 2024
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Jammu and Kashmir police alongwith Rajouri police recovered a mobile phone box based Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from Draj village of Budhal in Rajouri. The explosive material has been destroyed by Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of police at the site. Read more… Source: Greater Kashmir
- The Biggest Strengths And Weaknesses Of America’s MRAP
April 13, 2024
When the U.S. military went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, it quickly became apparent that its arsenal of armored and up-armored vehicles was susceptible to dangerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs). As the war progressed, IEDs became more lethal, necessitating the development of vehicles capable of surviving such attacks, with crew protection being the principal goal. ...
- Zimbabwe: Government committed to a landmine-free nation
April 13, 2024
Zimbabwe on Thursday held belated commemorations for International Day for Mine Awareness in Harare amid calls for increased funding to demining operations for the country to achieve total freedom, 44 years after the liberation war ended. The settler regime laid huge minefields of anti-personnel mines along the borders 6 percent of these unmapped fields are still ...