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- Ukraine: Two police officers wounded while clearing mines in Kherson region
May 8, 2024
Two police officers from the Zhytomyr region have been wounded while clearing mines in the Kherson region. The Kherson region police announced this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. “In ...
- Thailand: Two Malaysians injured in bomb blast in Narathiwat
May 7, 2024
Two Malaysian women were among four individuals injured in a bomb blast in the city of Narathiwat last night (May 6). The Consul General of Malaysia in Songkhla Ahmad Fahmi Ahmad ...
- DHS S&T Releases Market Survey Report for Non-Detonable Training Aids for Explosive Detection Canines
May 7, 2024
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has released a new market survey report to help emergency responders identify non-detonable training aids for explosive ...
- India: Police destroy nine IEDs, seize explosives and bomb-making materials in Gadchiroli
May 6, 2024
Gadchiroli district’s Superintendent of Police Neelotpal confirmed the development. After getting the information, two teams of Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), one unit of C-60 commando team and Quick ...
- Italy: Unexploded WW2 bomb sparks major evacuation in Viterbo
May 6, 2024
Around 36,000 people will be evacuated from their homes in the central Italian town of Viterbo on Tuesday while army experts defuse a massive unexploded bomb left over from world ...
- U.S. Air Force EOD conducts training in AFCENT AOR
May 6, 2024
A U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility participates in an EOD training exercise at an undisclosed location, April 26, 2024. EOD ...
- Crazy footage shows Russian helicopter destroying Ukrainian USV carrying R-73 missile
May 6, 2024
A Russian Kamov Ka-27 Helix helicopter destroyed a Ukrainian USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) that was carrying an R-73 air-to-air missile. Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), also referred to as “drone boats” ...
- Nigeria: IED explosion kills 7 civilians in Borno
May 6, 2024
Another Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted along Maiduguri-Dikwa-Gamboru Ngala road has killed seven people, including a telecommunication experts, Mallam Abbashuwa Bulamarwa. The incident took place, weekend, when their vehicles drove on ...
- Toronto Union Station ‘coughing’ incident leaves commuters with more burning questions than answers
May 6, 2024
During a Sunday evening commute at Union Station, a Reddit user reported feeling a burning sensation in their mouth before beginning to cough. “Within 30 seconds around 20 people were coughing ...
- Ukraine: Bomb disposal experts disable Kh-69 warhead in Kyiv
May 6, 2024
Bomb disposal experts from the SES’s Interregional Humanitarian Demining and Rapid Response Centre thoroughly examined the area and retrieved the warhead of a high-precision Kh-69 missile. As this is a new ...
- Cambodia: His Majesty the King visits and presents royal gifts to CMAC staff
May 6, 2024
His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, King of the Kingdom of Cambodia, visited and donated royal gifts to CMAC staff throughout the country. The Royal Ceremony was held at the Technical Institute ...
- Russia: FSB detains Tambov resident for plotting terrorist attack on court buildings
May 6, 2024
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a resident of the city of Tambov for plotting to blow up areas adjacent to the regional court and the arbitration court, the ...
- California Highway Patrol introduces 8 new canine teams
May 5, 2024
Eight new canine teams were introduced during a CHP ceremony in West Sacramento on Friday. The dogs will be used for various tasks, including detecting human scent, contraband, and explosives ...
- Pakistan: Two key TTP terrorists killed in Rawalpindi
May 5, 2024
The Counter-Terrorism Department of Rawalpindi killed on Sunday two key terrorists of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an Intelligence-based operation (IBO). Action against the militants was taken upon a ...
- Sri Lanka: NE to be mine-free in three years – NMAC
May 5, 2024
Sri Lanka Director of the National Mine Action Centre (NMAC) and the Secretary to the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing W. S. Sathyananda has assured the international community that ...
- Uganda: Army, police recover four explosives in Kampala
May 4, 2024
A joint security team on Saturday morning recovered at least four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Kwata zone, Komamboga Parish, Kawempe Division in Kampala City. Also recovered are mobile phones and ...
- UK: Restaurant car park shut after hand grenade found in Staffordshire
May 4, 2024
Sections of the Miller & Carter steakhouse car park in Cannock have been shut following reports a hand grenade was found nearby. Army explosive ordnance disposal experts launched an investigation after ...
- Nigeria: Security agencies kill suspected IPOB bomb expert in Imo state
May 4, 2024
Combined security agencies have killed a suspected bomb expert of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Nigeria’s South-east. The spokesperson of the ...
- Syria: Two SAA soldiers killed by IED explosion in Hama Desert
May 4, 2024
A member of the Damascus Forces was killed as a result of his wounds he sustained today following the explosion of an explosive device planted by ISIS mercenaries on the ...
- DR Congo: At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on displacement camps in North Kivu
May 4, 2024
At least 12 people, including children, have been killed in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to government ...
- Iraq: UN mine clearance worker fatally injured in Mosul mine clearing ops
May 3, 2024
Tragedy struck in Batnaia, Tal Kaif, Mosul, as a United Nations Mine Action Services (UNMAS) employee lost their life in the line of duty while clearing mines, the United Nations ...
- African Lion 24 features forensics IED simulation in Bizerte, Tunisia
May 3, 2024
Members of the U.S. Forensic Exploitation Department based at the Djibouti Joint Theater Forensic Analysis Center, run a simulated improvised explosive device scenario with the Tunisian Armed Forces during exercise ...
- 760th Ordnance Company (EOD) leverages experience to win all-Army competition
May 3, 2024
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. – A U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team leveraged its experience, flexibility and grit to take first place in the recent all-Army EOD Team of the Year ...
- Crimea Bridge Explosion Caused by Equivalent to 10 Tons of TNT
May 3, 2024
The main bridge linking the Russian mainland to annexed Crimea was blown up in October 2022 using an improvised explosive device with a power equivalent to 10 tons of TNT, ...
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