News – June 2024


  • UK: Bomb squad carry out controlled explosion after explosive device found in River Don

    June 30, 2024

    A controlled explosion has been carried out in Sheffield after a historic explosive device was found. South Yorkshire Police were called to Ball Street in Kelham Island earlier today (June 30) following reports a suspected explosive device had been found in the River Don. Bomb disposal experts from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) attended the scene ...

  • Nigeria: Multiple suicide bombings kill at least 18 people in northeast of the country

    June 30, 2024

    At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, authorities said. In one of three blasts on Saturday in the town of Gwoza, a woman with a baby strapped to her back detonated explosives in the middle of a ...

  • Command changing at Fort Eisenhower

    June 30, 2024

    Wednesday will mark a change of command at Fort Eisenhower, with Col. Reginald Evans passing the colors to new garrison commander Col. Anthony J. Kazor. Kazor, a transplant from Aberdeen, Md., received his commission in the “Chemical Corps” in 2000 after earning a bachelor of science degree at Creighton University. He has master’s degrees in environmental ...

  • Cyprus: Bomb explodes at Limassol fast food outlet

    June 30, 2024

    A bomb exploded at a fast food outlet in Episkopi, Limassol, police said on Sunday. The explosion caused light damages when it went off shortly after 1am, police said. The restaurant, due to open in the coming days. Read more… Source: Cyprus Mail Sign up for our Newsletter Related:  

  • US military bases in Europe raise security threat levels

    June 30, 2024

    U.S. military bases in Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend as installations urged vigilance among their members. At U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, the Army garrison on Sunday issued a communitywide alert that the force protection threat level was elevated to condition “Charlie” until further notice. Similar directives were ...

  • Ukraine: 30,000 square kilometers of land cleared of mine threats, operations expanding further

    June 30, 2024

    Ukrainian Colonel Ruslan Berehulia, head of the Ministry of Defense’s Environmental Safety and Mine Action Department, reported that Defense Ministry specialists have cleared 30,000 square kilometers of Ukraine over the past two years – an area comparable to the size of Belgium or Moldova. Since 2022, approximately 174,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian land have been contaminated ...

  • Vietnam renews commitment to minimizing risks from landmines

    June 29, 2024

    Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other international organisations in Geneva, pledged Vietnam’s active participation in the council’s joint work. He also highlighted Vietnam’s dedication to effective cooperation with the Council in the coming time. He specifically underlined ongoing mine clearance projects in Vietnam and expressed ...

  • Iraq: 5 big ISIL bombs found hidden in Mosul’s al-Nuri Mosque

    June 29, 2024

    Five large bombs were discovered hidden in the walls of the historic al-Nuri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a remnant of the armed group ISIL’s (ISIS’s) rule over the region. The mosque – famous for its 12th-century leaning minaret – was destroyed by ISIL in 2017 and has been a focal point ...

  • UK: ‘Controlled explosion’ carried out as police investigate suspicious incident in Nottingham

    June 28, 2024

    A ‘controlled explosion’ has been carried out in Nottingham as police investigate a suspicious incident. Homes were evacuated in the Lenton area after a bomb disposal van had been spotted in the area. The force confirmed at around 3.20pm today (Friday, June 28) that officers were at Allington Avenue. It added work is ongoing to keep ...

  • UK: Appeal to identify witness after two grenade-type devices found

    June 28, 2024

    Lancashire Constabulary officers are continuing to investigate the incident where two grenade-type devices were found in Fulwood and are asking for your help to identify a potential witness. Lancashire Constabulary officers would like to speak to the man in the CCTV footage in connection with the investigation.The officers want to make it clear that he is ...

  • RIMPAC 2024 kicks off in Hawaii

    June 28, 2024

    HONOLULU, Hawaii – The opening ceremony and press conference kicked off the 29th edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, today. During RIMPAC, participating forces integrate and exercise a wide range of capabilities, from disaster relief to maritime security operations, and from sea control to complex warfighting. ...

  • Colorado Springs: Suspect accused in January explosion to face federal charges

    June 28, 2024

    A Colorado Springs man with a history of being in trouble for explosives is now facing federal charges for a downtown explosion in January that damaged a business. On Friday, 69-year-old Edward Kiley was indicted on two federal charges tied to the Colorado Springs Police Department’s investigation of an explosion near 548 East Costilla Street in ...

  • Belarus: Stash with improvised explosive device parts found at Belarusian-Ukrainian border

    June 28, 2024

    A stash with components for making explosive devices has been found at the border with Ukraine, BelTA learned from the spokesman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anton Bychkovsky. Anton Bychkovsky said that a Belarusian border patrol found a stash with components for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the course of operating procedures in ...

  • Czech Republic: Hundreds of NATO CBRN specialists train during Coronat Mask 2024 exercise

    June 28, 2024

    During Coronat Mask 2024, Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Reconnaissance Platoon joined more than 800 CBRN specialists from 13 NATO nations to exercise collective CBRN capabilities. The exercise, the largest CBRN exercise in Europe, included hundreds of pieces of specialized equipment to hone CBRN defense capacity, strengthen multinational interoperability to ...

  • Cambodia highlights challenges for mine-free efforts

    June 28, 2024

    While praising the international community’ successes towards achieving the objectives of the Oslo Action Plan, Cambodia has pointed out that several significant challenges remain. In his opening remarks at the “Preparing for Success at the Fifth Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty” at Wilton Park from June 24th–26th, 2024, Ly Thuch, First Vice-President of the ...

  • India: Migrant labourer dies after crude bomb blasts in agricultural field of Nadia

    June 28, 2024

    A migrant labourer died after when some crude bombs went off on an agricultural field at Tengridanga in Nadia’s Santipur on Thursday morning. Ranaghat police have alleged that Somirul Seikh, 21, died when the bombs that he was making went off. Somirul’s family has claimed that the bombs were kept hidden in the field owned by ...

  • Sri Lanka: Japan to extend its support to Humanitarian Demining Activities in Northern and Eastern Provinces

    June 28, 2024

    On the 27th of June 2024, His Excellency Mr. MIZUKOSHI Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan, signed the grant contracts of two demining projects under the scheme of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)”, with Ms. Cristy McLennan, Country Director of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and Mr. Peter Hugh Scott Baker, Programme Manager of ...

  • From territorial to virtual: Is ISKP the next Al Qaeda?

    June 27, 2024

    “We beat them through their own app; all they can do is delete our IDs,” an Islamic State (IS) supporter from Qawqaz, the Arabic name for the Caucasus region, boasted in a closed chat room on the Darknet. He was live-updating other IS members about the attack that killed more than 140 people at a concert ...

  • EOD Training and Evaluation Unit 2 Holds Change of Command Ceremony

    June 27, 2024

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Cmdr. Karl Staehle assumed command of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 2 during a change of command ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, June 27, 2024. Staehle relieved Cmdr. Paul Mahoney as commanding officer of EODTEU 2 in front of family, friends and service members. Mahoney was ...

  • UK: Explosives manufacturer fined £670,000 after worker dies

    June 27, 2024

    A manufacturer of military explosives has been fined £670,000 after an employee was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at its factory near Salisbury. The two men were working on the production of MTV – an explosive substance used in military flares – at the premises of Chemring Countermeasures Limited in High Post on ...

  • India: Two Villagers Injured In IED Blast In Dantewada

    June 27, 2024

    Two villagers was injured in a Naxalite IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday night. The incident took place near the outskrits of Gufa village under Barsoor police station area. The victims, Jururam Katlami, a resident of Gufapara Manganar and his sister were returning home from nearby Salepal village, where they had gone to perform ...

  • Australia: World War II bomb found near the Darwin waterfront

    June 27, 2024

    An unexploded bomb from World War II discovered near the Darwin waterfront has been safely detonated. Emergency services moved people away from Stokes Hill Road and closed other streets in the Northern Territory city when the device was found at the nearby wharf area yesterday. The 50kg bomb was safely removed from the area and later ...

  • Israeli officer killed, 17 wounded in Jenin raid

    June 27, 2024

    A night-time operation in the Jenin refugee camp on Wednesday resulted in the death of Captain Alon Sacgiu, 22, from Hadera, a sniper team commander in the Haruv reconnaissance unit. Seventeen additional soldiers were injured when they encountered explosive devices, with ten sustaining light injuries and seven in moderate condition. As forces entered the refugee camp, ...

  • AWS Publishes Case Study on Safe Pro AI’s SpotlightAI™; Company Included in Keynote at the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit

    June 26, 2024

    – Safe Pro and AWS Demonstrate the Power of Artificial Intelligence as a Tool to Address the Landmine Crisis in Ukraine and Around the World – AVENTURA, FL – June 26, 2024 – Safe Pro Group Inc. (Safe Pro or the Company), a U.S.-based developer of safety and security solutions for people and infrastructure, today announced that Amazon Web ...