- UK: Bomb disposal robot deployed after “suspicious item” found at Portsmouth and Southsea railway station
July 16, 2023
Emergency services swarmed the around around Portsmouth and Southsea railway station after an item was found earlier this morning. A 100m cordon has been set up around the station, blocking members of the public from getting near the scene. Trains are being halted at Fratton railway station while police carry out their work. Read more… Source: The News Related ...
- Philippines: Shoe removal returns at NAIA
July 16, 2023
Air travelers departing for overseas destinations are again required to take off their shoes for security inspection at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), reviving the more than two decades old policy prompted by a failed terror attack on a passenger aircraft, according to the Office of Transportation Security (OTS). The global policy dates back to December ...
- Somalia: At least 18 Al-Shabaab members killed in Danab force operation
July 16, 2023
The Danab commandos carried out operations against Al-Shabaab in the villages between the Gal’ad district and the Bud-bud of Galgudud region. Officials of the military forces who spoke to the state media said that they have inflicted a great loss on the al-Shabaab group during the massive crackdown in the remote villages. In the operations, the ...
- Myanmar: Fourteen people injured in blast in Shan state
July 16, 2023
Fourteen people were injured in a blast in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state on Saturday, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council said, reported Xinhua. An explosive device concealed inside a parked motorcycle was detonated in front of a gold shop, the team said. The explosion occurred at around 7.40 am (0110 GMT) at the main ...
- ISIS mastermind who groomed vulnerable Australian teen to become a suicide bomber is jailed for his role
July 15, 2023
A ‘misunderstood’ Islamic State groomer who convinced an Australian teenager to become a suicide bomber will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Mirsad Kandic, 40, was sentenced to life in jail for charges relating to terrorism and his role in causing the death of 18-year-old Jake Bilardi in New York on Saturday. Bilardi shocked ...
- Cambodia: War legacy continues to threaten lives
July 15, 2023
Despite strides made in clearance, remnants of war, including mines, continue to pose a risk to locals. A recent incident underscored this ongoing threat when an anti-tank mine exploded on July 14 in Banteay Meanchey province. The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) reported the incident on the same day. It occurred in Banteay village, O’Beichoan commune ...
- Ukraine: The biggest obstacle to the counteroffensive? Minefields.
July 15, 2023
In a painstakingly slow process that has come to define the speed of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, small groups of sappers on the front lines are crawling across minefields — sometimes literally on their stomachs — to detonate Russia’s defenses and clear a path for troops to advance. The long buildup to the counteroffensive, which began about ...
- Iran: Four Border Guards Wounded In Car Explosion Near Pakistan
July 15, 2023
Four border guards were injured in a booby trap car bomb near the Mirjaveh border with Pakistan in Iran’s Baluch populated southeast. According to state news agency IRNA, the condition of three of the injured is stable, but one was transferred to the provincial capital Zahedan for treatment. Haalvsh website, which covers the events in Sistan-Baluchestan ...
- ‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan
July 14, 2023
When the call came from war-ravaged South Sudan in June 2011, Job Tawengwa did not hesitate to say yes. Harare-based Tawengwa, a de-mining and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) expert, knew it would be risky, as usual. His first call to clear landmines came in 1998, from Mozambique, next to his native Zimbabwe. He joined a team ...
- North Carolina: Mount Olive man convicted on multiple weapons charges
July 14, 2023
A 39-year-old Mount Olive man is facing up to 95 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines after being found guilty this week by a federal jury on multiple weapons charges A federal jury convicted Christopher Arthur on nine counts, including teaching another individual how to make and use an explosive knowing that the ...
- Israel Police find improvised pipe bomb during a car search
July 14, 2023
Police officers found an improvised pipe bomb during a car search in the Israeli-Arab town, Jisr e-Zarka, according to the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit. Police subsequently arrested three suspects. Read more… Source: The Jerusalem Post
- Russia: Explosive device linked to car bombing in Belgorod, investigative authorities say
July 14, 2023
An incident on Friday involving the explosion of a car in the Russian city of Belgorod, which left three people injured, was caused by an unidentified explosive device, the Russian Investigative Committee in the Belgorod Region said in a statement. “According to preliminary information, an unidentified explosive device detonated in a car moving through the courtyard ...
- Greece: Freemasons Hall Damaged by Explosion
July 13, 2023
On Thursday morning, an explosion damaged a hall used by the Freemasons in Greece. The Masonic Hall, located in Central Athens, was only minimally damaged. The blast was reportedly caused by an improvised explosive device (IED). The bomb detonated after police arrived on the scene but no one was injured in the ensuing fire. Read more… Source: Greek ...
- Pakistan: Three CTD men hurt in roadside IED blast
July 13, 2023
Senior CTD official Raja Umer Khattab said that their intelligence wing had been working on the presence of militants belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in Karachi and its adjoining cities in Baluchistan, and when it was returning from its mission, the APC was attacked with an IED, which was fitted in a motorbike near ...
- Afghanistan Interior Minister Warns of ISIS Attacks on Taliban Officials
July 12, 2023
Abdul Mateen Qaneh, Taliban’s spokesperson for the interior ministry on Tuesday, July 11, confirmed the content of the letter but avoided providing further details about the potential threats. The letter was delivered on July 9 to the Taliban’s police command throughout Afghanistan – stating that ISIS fighters want to target provincial governors, chiefs and civilian leaders ...
- Mexico: Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Jalisco kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians
July 12, 2023
A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. The governor of Jalisco state said the explosions were “a trap” set by the cartel to kill law enforcement personnel. Luis Méndez, the chief prosecutor of Jalisco state, said the ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 173
July 12, 2023
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have in recent days continued to inspect parts of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – without seeing any mines or explosives – but are still waiting to gain the necessary access to the rooftops of reactor units 3 and 4 following recent reports that explosives may have been ...
- Kenya’s rise in al-Shabaab attacks calls for localised solutions
July 12, 2023
In the past three weeks, over 30 security force officers have been killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in more than 10 attacks across north-eastern Kenya’s Garissa and Lamu counties. The violent extremist group Al-Shabaab is believed to be behind these and other attacks that have occurred over several years. IEDs have become al-Shabaab’s preferred weapons ...
- California: Drugs, Firearms and Homemade Explosives Taken During Raid at Valley West Trailer Park
July 11, 2023
On July 10, 2023, Humboldt County Drug Task Force Agents and HCSO Deputies served a search warrant at the residence of Dusty Rucker (Age 42) located on 4000 block of Van Dyke Court in Arcata. Agents searched the areas that K9 Rex had alerted to and located two semi-automatic 9mm handguns, multiple rounds of live ammunition, ...
- UNDP and Japan supply vital equipment to boost Ukraine’s demining capacity
July 11, 2023
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of Japan, today announced the delivery of vital equipment and vehicles to aid Ukraine in demining its territories. The package supplied to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) includes 14 cutting-edge pyrotechnic vehicles, mine detectors, car radio stations, and personal protective equipment, including body ...
- Kenya: 3 police officers killed in roadside blast in Garissa
July 11, 2023
At least three police officers were killed and eight others wounded when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device on Monday in Garissa County in northeastern Kenya, according to the police. After the explosion, the al-Shabab militants ambushed the officers, the police said in a security report. People who were injured in the attack were ...
- 71st EOD Change of Command Ceremony
July 11, 2023
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Col. Michael Schoonover relinquished duties as the commander of 71st Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group to Col. Brennan Fitzgerald during a ceremony on July 11, at Richert Field. Brig. Gen. Daryl Hood, commanding general of 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command, presided over the ceremony. Schoonover accepted the group’s colors ...
- Ukraine says cluster munitions will be ‘game changer’ against Russia
July 11, 2023
Kyiv sees cluster munitions as the next “game changer” in its battle against Russian forces, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Oleksiy Reznikov rejected disapproval from some countries and humanitarian groups over the U.S. government’s decision last week to send Ukraine the controversial weapons. Reznikov insisted the use of ...
- Sweden: Explosion in Central Gothenburg pub injures one
July 11, 2023
There was an explosion yesterday evening at a pub in central Gothenburg. Nobody was killed in the explosion but one person was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Police think the device was a banger or an airbomb. One man has been arrested and police say they can see a link to two previous explosions that ...
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