- Lebanon: Israel kills top Hezbollah figure in Beirut strike
September 20, 2024
Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. The target was Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, who serves on the group’s top military body, two security sources in Lebanon and Israeli Army ...
- UN: 1,500 Somalis killed or injured by explosive devices in 2023
September 20, 2024
At least 1,500 civilians were killed or injured by 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Somalia over the past year, the UN reported late Thursday. UN Secretary-General’s Acting Special Representative for Somalia James Swan said that the threat of IEDs remains critical as Somalia progresses toward self-reliance and sustainability in national security. “I think everyone in ...
- Eielson EOD holds joint training with Fairbanks TSA
September 20, 2024
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – The 354th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight conducted a training with Transportation Security Administration personnel at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 20. EOD partnered with local TSA transportation security specialists for explosives (TSSEs) to conduct demonstrations on a range of explosives, including semtex, C-4, dynamite, and TNT. ...
- Mali: Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Bamako killed more than 70 people
September 20, 2024
More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this week, according to diplomatic and security sources. Hardline fighters from the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM) carried out the attack on an elite police training academy and the nearby airport on Tuesday, ...
- Lebanon: Batteries of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah contained PETN explosive
September 20, 2024
The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source familiar with the device’s components told Reuters. The way the explosive material was integrated into the battery pack made it extremely difficult to detect, the source said. ...
- Texas: Lubbock Regional Bomb Squad used EOD Robot to end police standoff
September 19, 2024
One person is in custody after Lubbock authorities responded to a barricaded subject Wednesday morning. Felix Delarosa, 39, is charged with aggravated assault against a public servant following a SWAT standoff that lasted nearly two hours. Authorities used the Lubbock Regional Bomb Squad Robot to help take Delarosa into custody. When the robot arrived in front ...
- Mexico: Sinaloa cartel clashes leave at least 30 Dead
September 19, 2024
At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as rival factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash. Mexican Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval confirmed on Tuesday that the deaths include two military personnel. The fighting began on September 9, despite the presence of more ...
- Hawaii: Second suspect arrested in Maui explosives case
September 19, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Maui Police Department are investigating Improvised Explosive Devices left in the Kahului and Pukalani areas of Maui, according to a joint statement from the FBI’s Honolulu Division and MPD. A 43-year-old Kula man was arrested in connection with the discovery of improvised explosive devices found Aug. 7 near Kaamana ...
- UK: Man arrested after bomb squad called to Stourbridge
September 19, 2024
West Midlands Police and the army’s explosive ordinance disposal squad were called to an address on The Broadway, Norton, Stourbridge, at around 9pm on Tuesday, following the discovery of ‘suspicious items’. The road was blocked by officers as they investigated the items, with officers later arresting a 38-year-old man on suspicion of making or knowingly having ...
- Ukraine joins NATO counter-drone exercise for first time
September 19, 2024
From 10 to 20 September 2024, over 450 participants from 19 NATO Allies and three partner-countries gathered in the Netherlands to test the ability of commercially available counter-drone systems to operate seamlessly together. Ukraine participated for the first time, alongside members of the private sector and research community. During NATO’s annual Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Technical ...
- Genetic ghosts suggest Covid’s market origins
September 19, 2024
A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak. They were analysing hundreds of samples collected from Wuhan, China, in January 2020. The results identify a shortlist of animals – including racoon dogs, civets and bamboo rats – as ...
- India: CoBRA battalion jawan injured in IED explosion in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa
September 19, 2024
An anti-Maoist operation is underway in the area. During the search operation, an IED planted by Maoists targeting the security forces exploded, another police officer said. The incident occurred around 7.30 am in Saranda forest in Jaraikela police station area. Read more… Source: Deccan Herald Sign up for Counter-IED Report Newsletter Related:
- South Carolina: Man arrested after homemade explosives found along US 29
September 19, 2024
A suspect is now in custody after a search warrant uncovered handmade explosive devices along Highway 29 North. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office charged Anthony Kyle Jenkins with possession of a destructive device after an hours-long search in Williamston. Deputies said the Bomb Squad learned that Jenkins was using everyday household items and mixing them to ...
- Afghanistan: MoU Signed for Mine Clearance in Logar
September 18, 2024
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for the demining of over 580,000 square meters of land in Logar Province. According to a report from the National Disaster Management Authority, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, the Acting Head of the Authority, held a meeting with Elhamullah Mustafa, Head of External Relations at HALO Trust. The discussion focused on ...
- UK Pledges U.S.$5.5 Million for Demining Efforts in Zimbabwe
September 18, 2024
The United Kingdom has announced an additional USD 5.5 million in funding to aid landmine clearance in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces. The initiative aims to enhance safety in these regions and promote awareness of the lingering dangers posed by landmines. The funding, allocated to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and The HALO Trust ...
- Safe Pro Group Receives US Patent Office Notice of Allowance for AI-Processed Drone Imagery to Detect and Locate Explosives; Patent Would Secure Broad IP Protection for 21 Claims Valid Until 2043
September 18, 2024
SpotlightAI™ powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), is a cloud-based platform that uses advanced machine learning to rapidly detect, GPS-locate, and map over 150 types of landmines and UXO from drone imagery Company’s “SpotlightAI™” system is currently in operation in Ukraine with multiple humanitarian mine action organizations including recent order from the United Nations Development Programme (“UNDP”) AWS ...
- Lebanon: Nine killed, 300 wounded in a new wave of explosions across the country
September 18, 2024
At least nine people have been killed and 300 were wounded in Lebanon in a new wave of blasts related to communication devices, the Health Ministry has said, a day after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah detonated across the country. Multiple explosions were reported across Lebanon on Wednesday, with state-run National News Agency saying that ...
- Lithuania to provide extra €40–50m in military aid to Ukraine this year
September 18, 2024
According to the minister, Lithuania has already provided 153 million euros in aid to Ukraine this year. Lithuania also plans to contribute 10 million euros to the production of the Palanytsia rocket drone system in Ukraine and to supply radars, mine-clearing equipment, and short-range air defence systems. “We are looking for short-range air defence systems on ...
- Germany: Police investigate after second explosion in Cologne in three days
September 18, 2024
Authorities in Cologne are investigating after a second explosion in three days was reported in the western German city. A spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office said police were alerted early on Wednesday after witnesses heard a loud detonation at a clothing shop in the city centre. The incident came just two days after a similar explosion ...
- Israel: 4 soldiers killed in Gaza explosion after IED causes building collapse
September 18, 2024
The IDF announced the deaths of three combat soldiers and a paramedic who were killed during the fighting in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. During operations in the southern Gaza Strip, Givati Brigade troops entered the area of the Tel Sultan neighborhood in Rafah. While the troops were inside a building in the area, an ...
- Ukrainian drone attack triggers massive blasts in Russia’s Tver region
September 18, 2024
A major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered a giant blast and forced the partial evacuation of residents near the site of a large Russian arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday. Unverified video and images on social media showed a huge ball of flame blasting high into the night sky and detonations thundering across a ...
- Cambodia, Ukraine pledge to strengthen cooperation at the Ottawa Convention
September 18, 2024
The First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and also the President of the Ottawa Convention, Ly Thuch, chaired a meeting with the Committee on Cooperative Compliance and Ukraine with Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva on Tuesday. Thuch began ...
- Lebanon: Nine killed, 2,750 wounded as Hezbollah pagers explode
September 17, 2024
At least nine people were killed and about 2,750 were wounded by exploding handheld pagers across Lebanon, the country’s health minister has said. Firass Abiad said that an eight-year-old girl was among those killed and that more than 200 people are in critical condition after the communication devices exploded on Tuesday, with injuries mostly reported to ...
- Thailand: Rangers injured in bomb attack during patrol in Yala
September 17, 2024
Four rangers were seriously injured in a bomb attack in Yala’s Bang Sata district today. The rangers were patrolling in a pickup truck in Ban Bajoh village, Tambon Ban Bajoh, when insurgents, concealed in roadside undergrowth, triggered an improvised explosive device (IED), which they had planted earlier. The blast overturned the rangers’ vehicle, seriously wounded them. Read ...
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