- More Afghan children fall victim to unexploded war remnants – UNICEF
August 24, 2023
On Thursday, the organization said on social media X that 85% of the victims affected by unexploded ordnance are children. This alarming statistic highlights these remnants’ disproportionate impact on the younger population, shedding light on a profoundly concerning issue in Afghanistan. UNICEF highlights urgent collective action for Afghan children’s safety amid unexploded remnants, stressing coordinated clearing ...
- Cyprus: SBA police arrest 6 in Trachoni after uncovering explosives, drugs
August 24, 2023
The Sovereign Base Areas Police on Thursday carried out searches on a number of neighbouring properties in Trachoni and discovered a significant amount of drugs, believed to be cannabis. Six Greek Cypriots have been arrested, five men and one woman, a press release by the SBA said. During the search, an improvised explosive device (IED) was also ...
- Norway donates missiles, mine clearing gear to Ukraine
August 24, 2023
Norway will send anti-aircraft missiles and mine clearing equipment to Ukraine and help the war-torn country secure its gas and power supply, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Thursday while on a visit to Kyiv. The donation includes IRIS-T missiles, portable kits for creating corridors through minefields and equipment used to repair critical electricity ...
- Springfield FBI sets off homemade explosives as part of a workshop for law enforcement, other agencies
August 23, 2023
The Springfield FBI set off several homemade explosives Wednesday as part of a workshop making sure law enforcement, first responders and others are aware of the chemicals used to make them. “We teach them a classroom portion on the dangers of mixing chemicals,” Rick Box, the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) coordinator for the Springfield FBI, ...
- Mexico: Drug cartels are sharply increasing use of bomb-dropping drones
August 23, 2023
The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices — especially bomb-dropping drones — this year, with 42 soldiers, police and suspects wounded by IEDs so far in 2023, up from 16 in 2022. The figures provided by Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval appeared to include ...
- TSA proposes additional background checks of US public transit workers
August 23, 2023
The Transportation Security Agency proposed regulations to require additional security vetting of public transit employees to mitigate the threat of “insiders” attacking the nation’s commuting networks. TSA is asking the public and stakeholders to weigh in on an idea to require security-sensitive employees working on railroads or buses to undergo federally led background checks that would ...
- Arkansas man pleads guilty to firebombing police cars during George Floyd protests
August 23, 2023
An Arkansas community activist accused in the firebombings of police cars after the 2020 murder of George Floyd pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. Mujera Benjamin Lung’aho, 33, of North Little Rock, pleaded to one count of malicious destruction of a vehicle by means of fire. Lung’aho was initially indicted Oct. 6, 2020, on one count ...
- Somalia: Car bomb explosion hits near stadium in Mogadishu
August 22, 2023
An explosion occurred near Mogadishu Stadium on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks in Somalia as the government is now at war with Al-Shabaab. An explosive-laden vehicle was targeted at a main checkpoint near Ifka Halane which is manned by paramilitary police forces who are in charge of the capital’s overall security. Read more… Source: Shabelle ...
- Pennsylvania: Bomb squad personnel attend unexploded ordnance course at Gettysburg Museum
August 22, 2023
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians joined Federal, state and local bomb squad personnel at a Civil War era unexploded ordnance course at the Gettysburg National Military Park. Around 35 bomb squad personnel from nine U.S. military, state and local bomb disposal units attended the UXO awareness course. Read more… Source: ...
- UK: Teesworks cordoned off as controlled explosion of World War II device underway
August 22, 2023
A cordon has been put in place as a controlled explosion of a World War II device is underway at the Teesworks site. Cleveland Police have confirmed a 500-metre cordon has been put in place around Teesworks in Redcar today (August 22). They said the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team will carry out a controlled explosion ...
- South Africa: Cash In Transit Vehicle Hit With Improvised Explosive Device
August 22, 2023
The small suburb of Lanseria, Gauteng province, Johannesburg was today the arena for a common tactic employed by criminals. A cash-in-transit vehicle (CIT) was hit with an improvised explosive device and while the owners of the vehicle scrambled for safety, locals descended upon the burning truck and looted its contents. CIT robberies are not uncommon in ...
- Mexican army says drug cartels are increasing their use of roadside bombs
August 22, 2023
The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices this year, with 42 soldiers, police and suspects wounded by IEDs so far in 2023, up from 16 in 2022. The figures provided by Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval appeared to include only those wounded by explosive ...
- Sweden: Explosion in Skäggetorp, 17-year-old girl detained
August 22, 2023
A 17-year-old girl has been detained at Linköping District Court on suspicion of aiding and abetting public destruction on July 31 in Skäggetorp center in Linköping. The young woman was arrested and detained late in the afternoon on Thursday. The detention hearing was then held this past weekend. The prosecutor requested that the district court detain ...
- Iran: Undetonated munitions kill navy EOD specialist in Gilan province
August 22, 2023
One explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialist of the Iranian Navy was killed, and two others were injured as unexploded munitions went off in a shooting range in northern Iran. In a statement on its website, the Iranian army identified the killed navy specialist as Arash Amiri. Read more… Source: China.org.cn
- India: Bomb attack during group clash in Odisha, six injured
August 22, 2023
At least six persons were injured, one critically, after a crude bomb was hurled at them in Khajuripokhari village within Bari Ramachandrapur police limits in Jajpur district on Sunday night. Sources said a clash broke out between two groups of people over some dispute related to the construction of a village road. The heated exchange soon ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 180
August 22, 2023
As part of their monitoring activities at the ZNPP, the IAEA experts are expecting access to the rooftops of reactor buildings 1, 2, 5 and 6 in the coming days. Earlier in August, the team did not observe any mines or explosives on the rooftops or turbine halls of units 3 and 4 after receiving ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Police destroy IED along Jammu-Srinagar national highway
August 22, 2023
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) through a controlled mechanism at Selfie Morh near Ban Toll Plaza along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. Following specific input that an IED has been planted near Selfie Point, the movement of vehicular traffic was stopped as a precautionary measure and a search was ...
- Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves two dead
August 21, 2023
At least two people were killed, and two more were injured in an explosion in the Darul Aman area west of Kabul, the city’s police said on Monday. According to the police, a magnetic bomb embedded in a three-wheeler went off on a roadside in the Darul Aman area of Kabul’s police district 6. Meanwhile, the ...
- Iraq: 59% of areas contaminated with landmines cleared
August 21, 2023
The Iraqi Minister of Environment, Nizar Amidi, announced on Monday that 59 percent of the areas contaminated with mines have been cleared. Amidi confirmed that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani prioritizes issues related to the environment, adding that sufficient funds have been allocated in the federal budget to clear areas planted with landmines, according to ...
- Amtrak police dogs: Dutifully trained to serve and protect the rails and its passengers
August 21, 2023
More than 50 police dogs serve and protect Amtrak’s trains and stations throughout the United States. From birth to adulthood, these canines are trained to work with their human counterparts, protecting them from threats such as bombs. A few of the dogs are solely trained to detect narcotics. In fact, when Amtrak’s canine program began ...
- UK: No new charges in Birmingham pub bombings re-investigation
August 21, 2023
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that it could not bring charges despite a “thorough and careful” review of evidence related to the 1974 atrocities. 21 people were killed in what remains the worst unsolved terrorist attack on the UK mainland. There was hope that a new investigation by West Midlands Police could bring justice but ...
- Pakistan: Militant attack kills 11 labourers in Waziristan
August 20, 2023
Eleven labourers were killed in a militant attack in Northwestern Pakistan, caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday. Security and police officials in northern Khyber Pakhtunkwa province said a suspected improvised explosive device detonated, tearing through a truck carrying the workers to a construction project in , near the Afghan border. “They were working at ...
- Philippines: NPA arms stash found in Quezon
August 19, 2023
The police and military unearthed a New People’s Army arms cache in Sariaya, this province, on Friday, August 18. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte said the 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) and the 59th Infantry Battalion discovered two improvised explosive devices, two firearms, and assorted ammunition in a forested area in ...
- Kenya: Police arrest alleged Al-Shabaab operative with nail bomb ingredients
August 19, 2023
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has arrested a man in Kiambu suspected of being a terrorist linked to the Somalia-based extremist group Al-Shabaab. The suspect, a 41-year-old man, led detectives to his house in Riruta area of Dagoreti, Kiambu County, where they recovered a Glock pistol loaded with six rounds of ammunition, Sh31,000 in cash ...
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