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- More than 3 000 law enforcement authorities now connected to Europol
April 12, 2024
As of today, over 3 000 law enforcement authorities from more than 70 countries and international entities are connected to Europol’s secure information exchange channel, known as SIENA (‘Secure Information ...
- Pakistan: Two children killed, three injured in Shawaal IED blast
April 12, 2024
Two children were killed and three others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Shawaal area, South Waziristan on Friday. The bodies and injured children have been shifted to ...
- Ukraine: East bank of Kherson Oblast to be cleared of mines by end of 2025
April 12, 2024
The liberated right (east) bank of Kherson Oblast is planned to be cleared of mines by the end of 2025. According to Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, 1,100 ...
- Ethiopia: Three killed in shootout as regional rebellions spill into the capital
April 12, 2024
A shootout between militiamen and police officers killed three people Friday in the Ethiopian capital in a rare case of the country’s many regional rebellions spilling into the city. The violence ...
- Syria: Three citizens injured in landmine blast left behind by terrorists in Hama
April 12, 2024
Three citizens were martyred, another got injured in landmine blast left behind by terrorists in Hama northern countryside. A source at Hama Police Command told SANA reporter that a landmine, left ...
- Cyprus: Explosion at motorbike shop
April 12, 2024
An explosion occurred outside a motorcycle shop in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi in the early hours of Friday morning. The explosion took place between 2.30am and 3am and damaged the ...
- Nepal: Little-known armed group detonates ‘pressure cooker bomb’ at Ncell tower in Sindhuli
April 12, 2024
A ‘pressure cooker bomb’ was exploded at the Ncell Tower located in Kamalamai Municipality-4 of Sindhuli. According to the police, the explosion occurred at around 1 o’clock on Wednesday night. Superintendent ...
- Russia: Ex-Ukrainian intelligence officer’s car blown up in northern Moscow
April 12, 2024
The former officer of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Vasily Prozorov, who has been speaking out against the Kiev regime, has been injured in a car explosion in the north ...
- Germany: Three teenagers detained in Düsseldorf over ‘Islamist attack’ plot
April 12, 2024
Police have detained two teenage girls and a boy in western Germany on suspicions they were planning an Islamist attack, prosecutors said Friday. The trio, aged from 15 to 16, are ...
- Freight train derails, explosive found – TSA exercise with Union Pacific
April 11, 2024
Imagine a freight train derails and emergency responders rush to the scene, only to find the derailment worse than they thought. They discover an improvised explosive device (IED) on one of ...
- U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – Security Alert
April 11, 2024
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem reminds U.S. citizens of the continued need for caution and increased personal security awareness as security incidents often take place without warning. The security environment remains ...
- India: Two security personnel injured in IED blast in Bijapur
April 11, 2024
Two security personnel were injured in a Maoist IED blast in Bijapur district of Bastar on Wednesday. Bijapur is the epicentre of the crackdown by security forces in Bastar since the ...
- Israel: Police thwart attempt to blow up Jerusalem’s light rail, four suspects arrested
April 11, 2024
Detectives from the Jerusalem District Police, together with Jerusalem Border Police personnel, arrested four suspects from east Jerusalem, aged 15-16, who made multiple pipe bombs and placed them under a ...
- UK: Over 50 pieces of explosives found at Medmerry Beach in Sussex
April 11, 2024
Over 50 pieces of explosive ordnance were found at a beach. The items on Medmerry Beach were reported to the Selsey Coastguard Rescue Team at around 5.20pm on Wesdnesday. A cordon ...
- Israel: Guns, ammo and stolen IDF uniforms confiscated in Police West Bank operation
April 11, 2024
Various weapons and combat equipment were discovered and confiscated, and two suspects were arrested in Eizariya near Jerusalem during a Wednesday night Israel police operation, the Police Spokesperson Unit reported ...
- Russia thwarts planned terrorist attack on Moscow Synagogue
April 11, 2024
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), successfully averted a potentially devastating terrorist attack aimed at a Moscow synagogue. According to the FSB’s public relations center, the assailant, originating ...
- Nigeria: Security agents comb Anambra forests, recover bombs
April 10, 2024
The joint security operatives in Anambra State have recovered nine locally made Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs and four walkie-talkies while combining some forests in Ogbaru local government area in search ...
- Alabama: Irondale man indicted on terrorism charge for detonating explosive at AG’s Office
April 10, 2024
Kyle Douglas Calvert is indicted on two federal counts for his reported role in detonating an improvised explosive device or IED at the Alabama Attorney General’s Office in late February, ...
- Solomon Islands: 12 law enforcement officers graduate from course on handling explosives
April 10, 2024
Twelve law enforcement officers, including regional police forces and defence, graduated from the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) level 1 course at Hells Point in Honiara recently. The graduates, consisting of ...
- Germany announces new package of military aid to Ukraine with drones, mine clearing equipment
April 10, 2024
Germany has announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine, which includes, in particular, drones, artillery projectiles and mine clearing machines, the press service of the German Federal Government ...
- UNOCT supports the Sahel countries in countering terrorist use of IEDs, UAS and SALW
April 10, 2024
The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), held a three-day regional workshop for the Sahel in Rabat, Morocco from 27 to 29 February ...
- Australia: Clearance divers put to the test
April 9, 2024
The robot’s video feed showed an innocuous-looking cardboard box, but from intelligence gathered, Chief Petty Officer Thomas Buchanan knew it was time to put on a bomb suit. Earlier that day, ...
- Cambodia: US offers $12 million more in aid for demining mission
April 9, 2024
The United States, as part of its ongoing commitment to help Cambodia achieve its objective of becoming a country free of landmines by 2025, has increased its financial assistance for ...
- Cameroon: Explosion kills one in Far North Region
April 9, 2024
A member of a self-defense group, also known as a vigilante, was killed Tuesday morning after an improvised explosive device went off in Cameroon’s Far North Region, according to security ...
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