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- Nigeria: IGP commissions 50 operational vehicles for EOD-CBRN unit
May 28, 2025
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., today, May 27th 2025, commissioned 50 state-of-the-art operational vehicles for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear ...
- Philippines: One arrested, bomb-making components seized in Zamboanga Sibugay
May 28, 2025
Authorities have arrested one person and seized bomb-making materials in a law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police said Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The Zamboanga Sibugay Maritime ...
- EU-SOCTA Report: The changing DNA of serious and organised crime
May 27, 2025
The EU-SOCTA report is Europol’s flagship analysis that provides a comprehensive overview of the threats posed by serious and organised crime in Europe. Published every four years, it identifies key ...
- Vietnam: Wartime unexploded ordnance safely detonated in Hoa Binh
May 27, 2025
The Military Command of the northern province of Hoa Binh, on May 27, safely removed and detonated 244 unexploded bombs, mines, and other ordnance left over from wartime. The explosive devices ...
- Pakistan: Bomb blast injures 17 at volleyball ground in Waziristan
May 27, 2025
At least 17 civilians, including children, were injured on Tuesday evening after an explosion in a volleyball ground in Barmal area of Lower Wana Tehsil, South Waziristan. According to local sources, ...
- Nigeria: ISWAP evacuates 15 bodies, abandons VBIED after failed attack in Borno
May 27, 2025
Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, fighters have hastily evacuated at least 15 dead bodies of their comrades after a failed midnight assault on New Marte in Borno State. According to ...
- India: Suspected Khalistani terrorist killed in blast in Amritsar
May 27, 2025
A suspected Khalistani terrorist died in a blast while retrieving explosive material from a vacant area on the Majitha road bypass in Punjab’s Amritsar on Tuesday, police said. The intensity of ...
- Europol: 18 arrested in series of strikes against cash machine robbers
May 27, 2025
Europol together with Dutch and German law enforcement authorities have taken decisive action against a Netherlands-based criminal group believed to be specialised in ATM robberies using explosives. 18 members of the ...
- Spring/Summer 2025 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print
May 27, 2025
We are pleased to announce that Spring/Summer 2025 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from C-IED Centre ...
- Nigeria: IED explosion at Abuja Barracks kills carrier, injures two others
May 27, 2025
Attempts by yet-to-be-identified person to carry improvised explosive devices, IED, into Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory and cause havoc, yesterday, failed as vigilant military police and intelligence personnel prevented ...
- UK: Man arrested as car ploughs into pedestrians during Liverpool FC parade injuring dozens
May 27, 2025
A “number of people” have been hurt with at least one child left seriously injured after a car struck fans during Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade through the city ...
- Thailand: Man dies in failed bomb attack on ex-girlfriend’s home
May 26, 2025
The explosion occurred at a residence in the Tha Chana district of Surat Thani at around 8am. The 34 year old man, Surapong Thongnark, was pronounced dead at the scene, ...
- Sweden contributes SEK 4.8 billion to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capability
May 26, 2025
The international community has established a number of funds and initiatives for the procurement of materiel and equipment to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capability. Sweden provides support to several of them. ...
- Chinese peacekeepers start demining in second UNIFIL base
May 26, 2025
UNIFIL deminers from China started work in a second UNIFIL position this week to clear the base and its perimeter of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) and other explosives from the recent ...
- Cyprus: Improvised bomb explodes in Limassol car shop
May 26, 2025
Police on Monday morning are investigating an explosion that took place in the early hours at the workshop of a 43-year-old car electrician in Limassol. According to police, the improvised explosive ...
- NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme launches new call for research proposals
May 26, 2025
The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme promotes dialogue and practical cooperation between Allies and NATO partners based on scientific research, technological innovation and knowledge exchange. The Programme ...
- Azerbaijan neutralises over 600 explosives in Karabakh
May 26, 2025
The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has released its latest weekly update detailing clearance operations across formerly occupied territories. Between May 19 to 25, ANAMA specialists conducted large-scale ...
- Syria: SDF foils ISIS attack in Deir ez-Zor governorate
May 26, 2025
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday that it thwarted an attack from the Islamic State (ISIS) in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province, which injured a civilian, amid ...
- Russia: Explosives technicians found six more bombs after explosion derails freight train in Belgorod region
May 26, 2025
The explosion targeting the rail network in the Belgorod region last night turned out to be much more serious than originally thought. The explosion, which damaged the contact support and caused ...
- Nigeria: Police destroy bomb factory, defuse IEDs in Anambra
May 25, 2025
The Anambra State Police Command has destroyed a local bomb factory and demobilised assorted improvised explosive devices after it raided a secessionist hideout in Isseke, Ihiala Local Government Area of ...
- Haiti’s Beleaguered Government Launches Drones Against Gangs
May 24, 2025
A new front for drone warfare has opened a two-hour flight south of Miami. Haiti’s besieged government is using drones strapped with explosives to strike gangs that have turned the ...
- Pakistan: One killed, security personnel injured in South Waziristan IED blast
May 24, 2025
A civilian was killed and a security personnel injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Anzar Cheena is a location in the Shakai Tehsil in Lower South ...
- Nigeria: 13 Terrorists Logistics Suppliers Arrested with IED Materials in Borno, Yobe
May 24, 2025
13 Terrorists Logistics Suppliers Arrested with IED Materials in Borno, Yobe – DHQ The Armed Forces of Nigeria has arrested 13 suspected logistics suppliers for terrorists in a major breakthrough ...
- After the Blast: Seeking Clues in the Aftermath of an Explosion
May 23, 2025
To the untrained eye, the aftermath of a blast incident comprises fragments, debris, disorder. But to seasoned officers, the incident scene can yield vital clues. Post-blast Investigations (PBI) involve a ...
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