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- British Columbia: Bomb squad handles suspicious package in Kamloops neighbourhood
July 4, 2023
RCMP had a portion of a residential street in the Aberdeen area closed Tuesday morning, July 4, due to what has been been confirmed to be the presence of a ...
- UNODC and BNPT Conduct a training exercise to strengthen rapid response capabilities to chemical weapons terrorism
July 4, 2023
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the National Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT) collaborated on a four-day training and simulation exercise to enhance rapid response capabilities to chemical ...
- Washington DC: Three businesses targeted with explosive devices as hooded suspect on loose
July 3, 2023
Explosive devices were detonated outside three businesses in Washington DC in the early hours of Sunday, according to law enforcement. The devices exploded outside stores in the northeast of the capital ...
- Nigeria: Terrorists’ IED kills six in Borno
July 3, 2023
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by terrorists on the Maiduguri/Bama road has killed six occupants of a commercial vehicle in Borno State. Five passengers and the driver were killed when ...
- Ukraine: The lethal minefields holding up Kyiv’s counter-offensive
July 3, 2023
A Ukrainian soldier drags himself through the long grass, one leg trailing limply behind him. Seconds later, a flash of bright orange and a cloud of white smoke mark the ...
- Underwater robot and drone: Ukraine’s rescue service reveals how it clears mines from bodies of water
July 1, 2023
Modern specialised equipment is being used to inspect bodies of water in Mykolaiv Oblast for explosive devices. Protective buoys were installed wherever divers found explosive devices; the devices were then brought ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: 11 unexploded shells defused in Ladakh
July 1, 2023
Eleven unexploded shells were defused by the army’s bomb disposal squad in a forward village in Kargil district of Ladakh, officials said on Saturday. The unit led by the Sappers of ...
- Mexico: Suspected car bomb explodes in the city of Celaya amid cartel turf war
June 30, 2023
An apparent booby trap or car bomb has exploded in a cartel-dominated Mexican city, wounding several officers of the country’s National Guard who approached the vehicle to inspect it. The National ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 168
June 30, 2023
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have so far found no visible indications of mines or other explosives currently planted at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), but they still ...
- Washington: Tennis ball rigged with fuse leads bomb squad to man’s truck
June 30, 2023
A driver found a tennis ball rigged with a fuse in his truck, prompting a bomb squad response in Washington, troopers said. The man was driving to get an estimate ...
- Washington DC: Man wanted on January 6-related charges arrested with guns and bomb making materials
June 30, 2023
A man with numerous firearms and materials to make an explosive was arrested Thursday in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood after claiming on an internet livestream that he ...
- Broad Town prepares for explosive fun with Felix Festival!
June 28, 2023
Broad Town, Swindon – The time has come for the Felix Festival, an event to benefit military personnel and their families. Felix Fund presents the Felix Festival 2023, taking place at ...
- Boko Haram brings IEDs back to Cameroon
June 27, 2023
Boko Haram’s return to using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is a major worry for Cameroon’s Far North Region. Until recently, the region hadn’t recorded any major bomb attacks since 8 ...
- US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs train with Charlotte Police Bomb Squad
June 27, 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians honed their lifesaving skills together with the police bomb squad in Charlotte, North Carolina. Army EOD techs from the Fort Liberty, North ...
- UNAMA report records heavy toll on Afghan civilians by IED attacks
June 27, 2023
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) remain a significant concern in Afghanistan – despite an overall decline in civilian casualties since the Taliban takeover – characterized by a rise in attacks on ...
- Estonia should consider using anti-personnel mines – Kunnas
June 27, 2023
Estonia should consider introducing anti-personnel mines in its national defense program, said Leo Kunnas (EKRE), deputy chairman of the Riigikogu’s National Defense Committee, on Monday. Anti-personnel mines are banned in all ...
- The Future of Warfare Lies Underground: How Armies Are Training to Fight in Caves, Tunnels, and Sewers
June 27, 2023
One of the oldest battlefields in the history of warfare is back. The U.S. Army recently took part in an underground training exercise, called Exercise Warrior Shield, in March earlier ...
- 50 years since US troops left Vietnam, bombs continue to kill
June 26, 2023
Ho Sy Bay, 62, was rummaging around in his garden in central Vietnam when he struck something harder than sand or soil. Cautiously, he brushed aside the surrounding dirt and ...
- Afghanistan: Security forces seize weapons and ammunition in Paktika
June 26, 2023
According to a statement released by the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) on Monday, Afghan security forces in the country’s eastern Paktika province have confiscated significant weapons and ammunition. The confiscated ...
- Northern Ireland: Woman admits having dozens of balaclavas and bomb making instructions
June 26, 2023
A woman has admitted having dozens of balaclavas and bomb making instructions for a terrorist purpose. Standing in the dock of Antrim Crown Court 53-year-old Jennifer Lennox, from Main Street in ...
- MCBH Hosts Joint EOD Symposium
June 26, 2023
To preserve valuable lessons learned from across the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) enterprise and foster increased collaboration among EOD teams, Marine Corps Base Hawaii hosted the annual Joint EOD Symposium ...
- Maryland: Overturned tanker carrying ammonium nitrate force businesses to evacuate
June 26, 2023
A tanker truck carrying potentially explosive ammonium nitrate has overturned on a Maryland highway – sparking mass evacuations. The truck carrying the materials tipped over on the southbound side of Interstate ...
- UK: Arrests made and alleged ‘improvised explosive devices’ found after ‘explosion’ in South Shields
June 26, 2023
Arrests have been made after a number of alleged “improvised explosive devices” were found following reports of an explosion in South Shields. Police were called to an address on St Aidan’s ...
- India: Security forces seized mortar shells and neutralised IED in Manipur
June 26, 2023
Twelve bunkers have been destroyed in Manipur and six mortar shells seized during search operations by security forces in the last 24 hours in Tamenglong, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Kangpokpi, Kakching ...
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