- Nepal: Army disposes IED discovered while laying pipeline in Kalikot
March 14, 2023
An improvised explosive device (IED) was found near the north wall of the District Court located in Manma, the headquarters of Kalikot district on Tuesday. The IED was found inside a small box while workers were digging to lay the pipeline of the Chulimalika Water Supply Project. Acting District Police Chief Subraj Bam said that a ...
- Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled
March 14, 2023
When U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, Adel Amer celebrated what he thought marked the end of two decades of war and isolation under sanctions that had brought Iraq and its people to their knees. But it turned out to be just the beginning of another era of conflict and chaos that saw an insurgency, the rise of ...
- Somalia: Suicide bombing kills 5, injures 11, including governor in Bardera
March 14, 2023
At least 5 people have been killed and 11 wounded, including a governor, in a suicide bombing in southwestern Somalia on Tuesday. “A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a guesthouse in Bardera where government officials were staying,” said Hussein Adan, a police commander in the town in the Gedo region 450 kilometres west of ...
- Cambodia: Kandal joins growing list of mine-free jurisdictions
March 13, 2023
Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth reiterated that the clearance of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) remains indispensable work, as he declared Kandal another mine-free province on March 13. Kandal now joins Phnom Penh and eight provinces – Stung Treng, Kep, Prey Veng, Preah Sihanouk, Tbong Khmum, Kampong Cham, Svay Rieng; and Kampong Chhnang – ...
- USA: Retired military K-9 flown from Korea to Seattle reunited with handler
March 13, 2023
A military K-9 kicked off his retirement by reuniting with his handler on Monday. Bady, a 10-year-old German shepherd, has been stationed at Kusan Air Base in South Korea as a patrol and explosive detection dog. He spent a year and a half with Technical Sergeant Adamma ‘Dom’ Bilal, who oversaw a kennel at the base. Read more… Source: ...
- India: In a crackdown on ISIS, central agency conducts searches in numerous locations in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
March 13, 2023
An official claimed on Sunday that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched four places in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, and one location in Pune, Maharashtra, as part of an inquiry to uncover a plot by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) to increase its operations in India. The homes of suspects Talha Khan in Pune and Akram Khan ...
- Afghan Forces Arrest Man in Kabul with Magnetic IEDs
March 13, 2023
A man was arrested in Kabul’s capital city of Afghanistan with six magnetic Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), according to the Ministry of National Defense on Monday. The Ministry said that the apprehended capture was made possible based on the intelligence gathered by the 313 Central Corps of the defence ministry. Read more… Source: Khaama Press
- Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces seize explosives, pistols from LeT’s Anantnag hideout
March 13, 2023
Security forces on Monday seized a large number of arms and ammunition including explosives in a raid at a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) hideout in Anantnag district, police said. This is the second hideout raided by security forces in 24 hours. On Sunday, police seized firearms from Hangankote village in Kupwara district. Read more… Source: Hindustan Times
- Cambodia: Anti-tank mine among than 200 units of ERW’s and ammunitions cleared from village in Kratie province
March 13, 2023
The Mine clearing unit of the National Center for the Management of Peacekeeping Forces and Demining (NPMEC) are hard at work in clearing mines in Thnal village, Svay Chres commune, Snuol district, Kratie province. During the course of the clearing works, they unearthed and found eight TM 46 land mines. One was anti-tank mine, armored vehicles ...
- Israel: Explosion at Megiddo junction being investigated as possible terror attack
March 13, 2023
At around 6:00 this morning, an improvised explosive device (IED) placed at the side of the road near the Megiddo junction exploded, seriously injuring Sharaf al-Din, a 21-year-old resident of Salem. The IED was placed along Route 65 and exploded as al-Din drove by. Another vehicle was also damaged, but no one else was hurt. Read more… Source: ...
- Pakistan: Attack on PTI MPA’s son leaves two dead
March 13, 2023
Two security guards of the son of Balochistan MPA Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind were killed, while one other sustained injuries on Saturday in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack that occurred in the Noshman area of Balochistan, the district administration confirmed. The IED planted alongside the road detonated when the convoy of Rind, son of the ...
- Afghanistan: ISIL claims attack targeting journalists in Mazar-i-Sharif
March 12, 2023
The ISIL (ISIS) armed group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. The blast targeting media workers was caused by a “parcel bomb that IS fighters managed to place and detona”, the group said ...
- Israel: IDF says troops arrest suspect behind attempted bus bombing in West Bank settlement
March 11, 2023
Israeli forces on Friday night detained a Palestinian man suspected of planting a makeshift bomb on a bus in a West Bank settlement a night earlier, the military said. In a joint statement with the Shin Bet security agency and Israel Police, the Israel Defense Forces said the suspect, along with four others who allegedly aided ...
- Pakistan: One killed, three injured in Harnai IED blast
March 10, 2023
One person was killed and three others were injured in an explosion in the Hazara dam area of Harnai district on Thursday. Officials said unknown miscreants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) at the under-construction dam which exploded when a tractor was passing through the area. The tractor was carrying drinking water for the employees working ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban governor of Balkh province killed in blast
March 9, 2023
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province has been killed inside his office in a suicide attack that was later claimed by the ISIL armed group. The killing of Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the provincial governor, on Thursday marked one of the highest-level attacks since the Taliban stormed back to power in 2021. A second person also ...
- California: Software engineer who allegedly blew up power station had even more bombs at home
March 9, 2023
A software engineer in San Jose has been charged with blowing up two electric transformers in the San Francisco Bay Area, which knocked out power for thousands of residents in December and January. Peter Karasev, 36, was arrested last week and charged with arson, destroying an electrical line, detonating an explosive device, and possessing bomb making ...
- Transnistria accuses Ukraine of trying to kill its president
March 9, 2023
Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria, which has close ties to Moscow and hosts Russian troops, claimed Thursday it has thwarted an assassination attempt on its president allegedly organized by Ukraine’s national security service. Prosecutor Anatoly Guretsky said the suspects planned to detonate an explosives-packed automobile near the presidential cortege as it traveled through the capital, Tiraspol. Read ...
- UK: Unexploded device found on Isle of Man beach
March 8, 2023
Bomb disposal experts have been called to the Isle of Man after an unexploded device was discovered on a beach, police have confirmed. The unidentified item was found on Mooragh Promenade in Ramsey by a member of public at 14:15 GMT on Tuesday. Read more… Source: BBC News
- Somalia: Several soldiers killed in Al Shabab attack on army base in Lower Juba
March 8, 2023
Al Shabab militants have staged an attack on a military base in a Somalian town recently recaptured from the armed group, killing several soldiers, according to army officials. Somalian army officers said the militants used explosive-laden vehicles to mount an attack on the base before they were repelled. Read more… Source: TRF World
- Israel: Terrorist bombing attack near Gaza border
March 8, 2023
Palestinian Arab terrorists operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip detonated a bomb next to a passing Israeli military bulldozer along the frontier Wednesday afternoon, an IDF spokesperson said. The bomb was set off while the bulldozer was carrying out routine maintenance work on the border fence along the southern Israel-Gaza frontier. Read more… Source: Israel National News
- Iraq: Four killed, three injured in armed attack in Diyala governorate
March 7, 2023
An Iraqi security source mentioned on Monday that four civilians were killed and three others were wounded in an armed attack that followed an explosion of an improvised explosive device in Diyala governorate in eastern Iraq. The source elaborated that four civilians were killed and three others were wounded after an improvised explosive device targeted a ...
- FBI offering $250K reward for unsolved 2008 Times Square bombing
March 7, 2023
The FBI announced a new reward Tuesday of up to $250,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspect involved in the unsolved 2008 bombing of the U.S. Armed Forces recruiting station in Times Square. The suspect, or suspects, may be connected to two other unsolved bombings in New York, at the ...
- UK: Suspected grenade in Salisbury destroyed in controlled explosion
March 7, 2023
A suspected grenade which was found near Kivel Court in Salisbury on Monday (March 6) has been destroyed in a controlled explosion, a spokesperson for Wiltshire Police has confirmed. The device was found shortly before 2pm just off Churchill Way. A cordon was set up near the location of the device and locals were asked to ...
- Roadside bomb blast kills 3 soldiers in southern Yemen
March 6, 2023
Three Yemeni soldiers were killed Monday in a roadside bomb explosion in the country’s southern province of Abyan. The incident occurred when elements detonated their roadside bomb near an army patrol while passing through a road in the Mudiyah district of Abyan, causing an explosion, the local security official said on condition of anonymity. The official confirmed ...
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