- Oregon: Explosive device found in public bathroom at Sunset Beach
September 17, 2025
An explosive device was found Tuesday in a public bathroom at Sunset Beach State Recreation Site on the Oregon Coast. Around 10:21 a.m., Oregon State Parks staff notified Oregon State Police of a suspicious backpack in the bathroom. Bomb technicians from the Oregon State Police and Salem Police Department responded and “rendered the device safe,” OSP ...
- Ireland: Letter containing ‘anthrax’ sent to Dublin offices of Iona Institute
September 16, 2025
The Defence Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit are examining a suspicious package sent to the Dublin City office of the Iona Institute. The package, which was addressed to the Iona Institute, was opened by the organisation’s CEO, David Quinn on Tuesday afternoon. The package contained a handwritten letter with Mr Quinn’s name on it, along ...
- Nigeria: FG moves to tighten control on IEDs materials
September 16, 2025
The Nigerian Government is stepping up efforts to curb the menace of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which has remained the deadliest threat to troops and civilians in the North East. The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, disclosed this at the specialised training for first responders and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel ...
- Cote d’Ivoire: EUSDI GoG boosts Ivorian Defense Against improvised explosives
September 16, 2025
The Spanish Canary Islands Command provides specialized training on the threat of improvised explosive devices in Cote d’Ivoire as part of the EU Security and Defence Inititiative in the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI GoG). Far from home, under the demanding African sun, soldiers of Spain’s 16th Canary Islands Brigade carried out a mission that transcended military ...
- UK: Bomb squad complete ‘controlled explosion’ of ‘WW2 shell’ in Watford
September 16, 2025
A bomb squad carried out the controlled detonation of a suspected WW2 shell in a Watford park. Herts Police officers put a cordon up around King George V Playing Field, off High View, this morning (September 16). The force have confirmed they assisted the explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) unit by ensuring the safety of the public ...
- U.S. CDC: Summary of Updates to the NIOSH Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Respiratory Protection Handbook
September 16, 2025
NIOSH approves respirators that help protect emergency responders and workers from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) hazards. These hazards can be encountered during disasters, emergencies, or intentional attacks. NIOSH recently released an updated version of its Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Respiratory Protection Handbook, previously updated in 2018. This handbook is a key resource ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 314
September 16, 2025
The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) reported hearing shelling close to the site today and saw black smoke rising from three locations nearby, in the latest incident highlighting continuous nuclear safety risks during the military conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. The team was informed by the ZNPP that multiple ...
- Somalia: Defence, Security Ministers Approve National Plan to Counter IED Threats
September 15, 2025
Somalia’s Ministers of Defence and Internal Security on Monday took part in a high-level meeting to endorse the country’s new National Counter-IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) Strategy, aimed at curbing the deadly use of homemade explosives by armed groups. Also in attendance were the National Security Advisor and representatives from international partners, signaling broad-based support for the ...
- Northern Ireland: PSNI carry out controlled explosion on ‘WW2-style device’
September 15, 2025
The PSNI has carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious object in Co Londonderry. Army Technical Officers (ATOs) were called to the scene of the incident in Coleraine on Monday following reports of a suspicious object in the area. Police said the object was identified as a Second World War-style device. “A suspicious object discovered ...
- Thailand: More than 2,400 mines, live shells found near Cambodian border
September 15, 2025
Bomb disposal experts have found 2,470 mines and other unexploded munitions on Thai soil near the border with Cambodia since the bilateral ceasefire agreement took effect on July 29. Col Siwa Wang-kat, spokesman for the Thailand Mine Action Centre, said its bomb squads found the landmines and artillery shells while combing the Phu Makua, Chong ...
- Pakistan: Thirteen terrorists killed in IED blunder
September 15, 2025
At least thirteen terrorists were killed when explosives stored in one of their hideouts in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) went off on Sunday. In a separate incident, another terrorist was eliminated during a gun battle in Dera Ismail Khan. According to local sources, Siddiqullah Gurbaz, commander of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of the outlawed ...
- India: Bathinda twin blasts, bomb disposal teams struggle with explosive residue cleanup
September 15, 2025
Two minor blasts take place during cleanup drive in Jeeda village; none hurt; a 19-year-old radicalised law student, Gurpreet Singh, was booked on Thursday for assembling high-intensity explosives. Four days after twin blasts rocked a house at Bathinda’s Jeeda village, leaving a father-son duo severely injured, the bomb disposal squad is facing an uphill task in ...
- Cameroon: One killed, four injured in Batibo bar explosion
September 15, 2025
At least one person was killed and four others injured on Sunday when an improvised explosive device detonated in a bar in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone Northwest region, security sources said. The blast took place in Batibo, a locality of the region, with the bomb planted in a bar near a police station, according to officials. “A ...
- Pakistan: Terror attempt foiled as IED defused in Bajaur’s Inayat Kalay Bazaar
September 15, 2025
A major terrorist attack was narrowly avoided when security forces successfully defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in the crowded Inayat Kalay Bazaar of Bajaur district. Acting swiftly on a tip-off, bomb disposal squads from the Pakistan Army and Bajaur Police responded immediately to the scene. The teams carried out a controlled detonation, rendering the ...
- Utah: Two men arrested for allegedly planting, lighting bomb under news media vehicle
September 14, 2025
Two men allegedly planted a bomb underneath a news van in Utah on Friday and tried to ignite it, sparking a massive evacuation and federal probe. Adeeb Nasir, 58, and Adil Justice Ahme Nasir, 31, were each arrested Sunday when authorities turned up at their front door in Magna, Utah. The pair is accused of hiding ...
- Philippines: Army slams NPAs for stockpiling IEDs near Butuan community
September 14, 2025
The Philippine Army’s 48th Infantry Battalion (48IB) denounced the communist New People’s Army (NPA) for endangering residents by stockpiling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) close to a community in Butuan City. The 48IB troopers recovered the explosives in Purok 6, Barangay Bugsukan on Sept. 11, following the disclosure of an NPA member who recently surrendered. Recovered at ...
- UK: Residents evacuated while explosive item ‘made safe’ in Yorkshire neighbourhood
September 14, 2025
Residents of a Yorkshire neighbourhood who had been evacuated from their homes, while police investigated an explosive substance, have been able to return to their homes. Police have now reduced cordons on Lingmore Street in Leeds, after the bomb squad had “made safe” the suspiscious item. A 62-year-old man was rearrested on suspicion of possessing an ...
- Iraq: Roadside bomb wounds two Iraqi soldiers in Diyala
September 13, 2025
Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Saturday when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in Diyala province, a source told Shafaq News. No further details were provided. Iraq remains heavily contaminated with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) from years of conflict. Read more… Source: Shafaq News Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters The latest news and ...
- Texas: An inside look at Mesquite’s bomb squad and the high stakes work they do
September 13, 2025
CBS News Texas reporter Bo Evans joined the Mesquite Fire Department’s bomb squad to give viewers an inside look at how firefighters handle explosive threats. Wearing a full bomb suit designed to protect vital organs, Evans walked through the delicate process of defusing a simulated device. Read more… Source: CBS Texas/YouTube Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters The latest ...
- UNOCT: Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices
September 12, 2025
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) will launch the project: “Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)”, on 11 September 2025. By improving the application of legislative frameworks and building capacities of national authorities to prevent and respond to terrorist activities involving IEDs, the three-year project aims to enhance the ...
- Utah: 22-year-old Utah man arrested in connection with Charlie Kirk shooting
September 12, 2025
The man accused in the Charlie Kirk assassination had earlier expressed to family his opposition to the viewpoints of the conservative activist, the authorities said Friday in announcing an arrest in a targeted killing that raised fresh alarms about political violence in the United States. Tyler Robinson, 22, had indicated to a family friend afterwards that ...
- Republic of Georgia: State Security Service blames Ukraine for bringing explosives into Georgia
September 12, 2025
State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) says explosives were brought into the country on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence services. Deputy Head of the SSSG, Lasha Magradze, made the statement at a briefing held today, September 12. On September 11, the SSSG announced that a Ukrainian citizen attempted to smuggle 2.4 kilograms of the explosive substance ...
- Egypt discovers Israeli attempts to kill Hamas leaders on its soil
September 12, 2025
Egypt has discovered Israeli plots to target Hamas leaders in Cairo and has warned Israel that any attack will be responded to with force, senior Egyptian officials told Middle East Eye. “Intelligence reports suggest that Israel has been plotting to assassinate Hamas leaders in Cairo for some time, as Egypt had already foiled an earlier ...
- Russia: UAV attacks Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, no damage, radiation levels normal
September 12, 2025
A Ukrainian military drone last night targeted the operational power unit of the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, according to a statement from Rosatom. The incident occurred on September 12, 2025, at 3:52 a.m. Moscow time (GMT +3), when a combat UAV was intercepted by technical measures on the plant’s industrial site, near the third power ...
Unique content • Global reach • In print and online
