News – September 2024


  • Milipol Qatar Exhibition and Conference 2024 Attracts Leading Security Innovators

    September 17, 2024

    Sustainable Mobile Devices, Revolutionary Satellites, and Advanced Security Solutions Highlighted in 2024 Showcase Doha, Qatar – 17 September 2024: Under the esteemed patronage of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, the 15th edition of Milipol Qatar Exhibition and Conference 2024, the region’s leading event for homeland security and safety, ...

  • Philippines: Man killed in IED blast at beach resort

    September 17, 2024

    A man was killed in a suspected improvised explosive device explosion inside a beach resort in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur at dawn on Tuesday, September 17. Police are identifying the mangled victim whose body was reportedly cut in half. Lawmen found a totally wrecked motorcycle and a bag of ammonium nitrate in the area. A utility ...

  • How Ukraine turned mobile phone microphones into an air defence network

    September 17, 2024

    The proliferation of cheap, deadly uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) into conflicts around the world has presented a new challenge for military leaders. While modern air defences are designed to effectively target limited numbers of large, highly-capable fighter and bomber aircraft using costly precision missiles, such systems are proving unsuitable for protecting friendly airspace against large quantities ...

  • Mali: Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Bamako attack

    September 17, 2024

    Al Qaeda affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attacks on strategic points in Bamako in a rare case of unrest reaching the capital after years of armed conflict in the hinterlands between government forces and Islamist rebels. “Early this morning, a group of terrorists attempted to infiltrate the Faladie gendarmerie ...

  • OSCE holds gender awareness workshop for mine action actors in Ukraine

    September 16, 2024

    As women are increasingly more involved in the traditionally male-dominated mine action sector, it is important to ensure that gender equality principles are taken into account across all aspects of demining work, including identifying areas to be demined, awareness raising, administrative and managerial roles. This will help increase efficiency, ensure higher safety standards and provide greater ...

  • Nigeria: IEDs recovered after two police officers killed in Anambra Police Station attack

    September 16, 2024

    An attack by some hoodlums at Umunze Police Station in Anambra State in the early hours of Monday left two policemen dead. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the state police command. According to him, five unexploded improvised explosive devices were recovered while a joint security operation is on the trail of ...

  • DEVCOM CBC Innovates and Integrates through Autonomous Technologies

    September 16, 2024

    The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) is paving the way and helping the Army transform into a multi-domain force through its modernization and priority research efforts that are linked to the National Defense Strategy and nation’s goals. CBC continues to lead in the development of innovative defense technology, including autonomous ...

  • India: 3 IEDs recovered and diffused in Sukma

    September 16, 2024

    Three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered by the security personnel from separate locations in Naxal-affected Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. During a road security operation (RSO) exercise from two different directions towards its Salatong security camp under Kistaram police station, a team of 217th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and its ...

  • Germany: Large explosion rocks venue in Cologne city centre

    September 16, 2024

    An explosion has occurred in the centre of the German city of Cologne, according to media outlets. It happened early on Monday morning at around 5:50 am local time, reportedly injuring two people so far, including a cleaner who was seriously wounded. Police in the western North Rhine-Westphalia region initially cordoned off a major area in ...

  • Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they downed another US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone

    September 16, 2024

    Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing what appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike and flaming wreckage strewn across the ground. The U.S. military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Houthis’ claimed downing of a drone over the ...

  • FBI investigating apparent assassination attempt on Trump in Florida

    September 16, 2024

    The FBI said it “is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination” of Donald Trump at his Florida golf club. Trump was not harmed in the incident. The Secret Service had spotted a rifle barrel sticking out of a fence and agents fired at a man who was in the bushes along the perimeter, according ...

  • India: Bengal Congress leader killed in bomb attack in Malda

    September 15, 2024

    The deceased was identified as Sheikh Saifuddin, an influential Congress of the Gopalpur area in Manikchak. His family alleged that goons backed by the TMC killed him, a charge dismissed by the state’s ruling party. The incident happened at the Dharampur Stand market around 9 am. Saifuddin’s family claimed that four-five men with their faces covered ...

  • Kenya: US embassy issues security alert warning of possible terror attacks

    September 15, 2024

    The United States (US) Embassy in Nairobi has issued a security alert, warning its citizens of possible terror attacks. According to the embassy, terrorists may target the locations that are highly frequented by their citizens and other foreigners, including tourists in Nairobi and other parts of the country. “The US Embassy in Nairobi reminds US citizens ...

  • UK: Police cordon remains in place after unexploded bomb found on Norfolk beach

    September 15, 2024

    Part of a Norfolk beach remains cordoned off after an unexploded bomb was found. Police were called to Hemsby beach at about 10.20am on Friday after a member of the public discovered the item on the shoreline. A police cordon was put in place and the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team was called. On Friday a spokeswoman ...

  • Pakistan: Two police officers killed in IED explosion near Kuchlak Police Station

    September 15, 2024

    Two cops were martyred and two others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeting a police vehicle near Kuchlak Police Station, some 20 kilometres from Quetta, on Saturday. The blast occurred at a location where the police vehicle had been routinely deployed to prevent diesel and petrol smuggling activities in the area. The martyred ...

  • Israel: Police raid near Nazareth finds tunnel shaft containing missile and ammunition

    September 15, 2024

    North District Police said on Saturday that it raided a compound in Yafa an-Naseriyye, an Arab town near Nazareth, and uncovered a stockpile of arms including four guns, hundreds of bullets, cartridges and a missile. Superintendent Daniel (Danny) Levy, the new commissioner, announced the beginning of an operation to curb crime in the north. Read more… Source: Ynet ...

  • Solomon Islands: 5,400 bombs removed

    September 15, 2024

    This year 2024 has been a record year so far for the removal of explosive remnants from the Second World War in the country. That’s because more than 5,400 bombs have already been destroyed thanks to the combination of Operation Render Safe and the daily operations of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), Explosive Ordnance ...

  • Yemen’s Houthis fire missile at central Israel

    September 15, 2024

    Yemen’s Houthis fired at least one ballistic missile, possibly more, on the Tel Aviv and central Israel areas, IDF sources said on Sunday. Nine people were lightly wounded while running to safe rooms following the sirens, Magen David Adom reported, adding that paramedics had evacuated the injured to the hospital. The IDF said that the Arrow ...

  • Somalia: Deadly blasts in Mogadishu kill five

    September 14, 2024

    At least five people were killed and eight others wounded in a series of roadside explosions in Mogadishu’s Kahda district on Saturday, according to local officials. The blasts targeted a popular spot where young people often gather for recreational photography, escalating concerns over security in the Somali capital. Abdullahi Sheikh Abdirahman, the district commissioner of Kahda, ...

  • Iraq: 4 ISIS leaders killed in raid that left 7 US service members injured

    September 14, 2024

    Four senior ISIS leaders were killed in last month’s U.S.-Iraqi military raid in western Iraq including the group’s top operations leader in Iraq and its chief bombmaker for whom the United States had offered a $5 million reward, the U.S. military said Friday. The four ISIS leaders were among the 14 ISIS fighters killed in the ...

  • Pakistan: Terrorists using PUBG video game to coordinate

    September 14, 2024

    It has been revealed that the video game PUBG is being used for further coordination in terrorism activities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Terrorists were using PUBG to chat and share information in chat groups within the game. According to DPO Swat Dr. Zahid, this is the first time terrorists have used PUBG for such purposes. Previously, most terrorist organisations ...

  • Afghanistan: Fourteen people killed in Daikundi attack claimed by ISIS

    September 13, 2024

    Fourteen people were killed and six others injured in an attack by unknown armed individuals in central Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Friday. ISIS claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attack in Daykundi province but has not provided evidence. Most people in that area are Shia Muslims and it was considered one of the safest provinces. Read more… Source: ...

  • Nigeria: MNJTF trains troops on counter-IED

    September 13, 2024

    As part of efforts to enhance Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) capability in the Lake Chad Region, the MultiNational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) has organised a 4-week training course for its troops in the various sectors. The training organised in collaboration with Defence Council International (DCI) and funded by the European Union, which held in N’Djamena, focused ...

  • Teaching art of Counter-IED: EU facility looks ahead after first decade

    September 13, 2024

    A deployable military facility to help counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is celebrating 10 years of operations in the Netherlands. First conceived during multinational land operations in Afghanistan, the Joint Deployable Exploitation and Analysis Laboratory (JDEAL) has trained more than 900 personnel from 14 European Union Member States. Now, the facility and its expertise could ...