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- Ireland: Armed gardai to be deployed amid violence fears over €1.7 million drug debt
May 29, 2023
Armed gardai are to be deployed amid fears of a major escalation in violence linked to a bitter feud centred on a €1.7 million drug debt. Officers in Tallaght, South Co ...
- Cambodia: Soldier injured while trying to save Thai woman from landmine
May 29, 2023
The Cambodian soldier was injured while trying to save the Thai woman who accidentally crossed into Cambodian territory in Kork Romiet commune while collecting fruit and stepping on a landmine ...
- Yemen: Explosive Devices Cause 121 Casualties in Q1
May 28, 2023
There are millions of landmines and unexploded ordnance scattered across the country, and these weapons will continue to kill and maim civilians for years to come. On Saturday, the United Nations ...
- Afghanistan: 16 injured in explosion in Pole-Khomri city of Baghlan province
May 27, 2023
At least 16 people were injured in a heavy explosion in Baghlan province in the north of the country, officials reported on Saturday. According to the report, 16 people were injured ...
- Pakistan: 19 injured due to IED blast in DI Khan
May 27, 2023
At least 19 security personnel were injured due to an improvised explosive device blast near Security forces’ convoy in Cheh Kan area of Dera Ismail Khan today. According to the Police, ...
- Yemen: Two children killed by an explosion of remnant of aggression in Jawf
May 27, 2023
Two siblings children were killed on Saturday by the explosion of an object left behind by the aggression remnants in al-Maslub district in Jawf province. A local source told Yemen News ...
- Russia: Oil pipeline administrative building damaged by explosion in Pskov Region
May 27, 2023
An explosion occurred in Pskov Region’s Nevelsky District Saturday morning, damaging an oil pipeline administrative building, Governor Mikhail Vedernikov reported, adding that no one was injured in the incident. “According to ...
- For Ukraine Military, Far-Right Russian Volunteers Make for Worrisome Allies
May 26, 2023
A group of fighters aligned with Ukraine, who had participated earlier this week in the most intense fighting inside Russia’s borders since the invasion, gathered the foreign and local press ...
- Philippines: Army, PNP foil bomb try in Cotabato City
May 25, 2023
Military and police bomb experts safely deactivated at dawn on Thursday, May 25, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) left near the main gate of the Husky Bus passenger terminal here. Police ...
- India: Man killed, wife injured in IED explosion in West Singhbhum
May 25, 2023
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that was planted in a forest by CPI(Maoist) in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district exploded killing a man and injuring his wife, a senior police officer ...
- Spring/Summer 2023 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print
May 25, 2023
We are pleased to inform you that Spring/Summer 2023 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from Irregular ...
- Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills four at checkpoint in North Waziristan
May 24, 2023
A suicide bomber killed four people when he detonated a car bomb at a police checkpoint in a marketplace in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. Pakistan is grappling with an ...
- Russia Claims Ukrainian Drone Boats Attacked Its Navy Ship Off Turkey
May 24, 2023
Russia’s Defense Ministry (MoD) on Wednesday released a video it claims shows the destruction of a Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel (USV) attempting to attack the Project 18280 Yuriy Ivanov class ...
- India: Fox-hole IEDs with 50 kg explosives found by security forces in Chhattisgarh
May 24, 2023
A major Maoist attack was averted by the security forces after they found Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) containing around 50 kilogram of explosives buried under a road in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur ...
- UK: Military bomb disposal experts called in after discovery of WW2 bomb on HS2 rail line
May 24, 2023
A German Second World War bomb has been detonated by military bomb disposal experts in a controlled explosion, after it was discovered at a High Speed 2 (HS2) rail site ...
- Saskatchewan RCMP bomb squad disposes of explosives found in abandoned building
May 23, 2023
The Saskatchewan RCMP’s bomb squad has dealt with a number of potentially explosive situations so far in 2023. According to a media release Tuesday, the Explosives Disposal Unit has responded to ...
- Bangladesh: One dead, another wounded in IED explosion in Bandarban
May 23, 2023
A construction worker was killed and another injured in an explosion of Improvised Explosive Device in Ruma upazila of asia on Tuesday, said police. The deceased Md Rashed, 18, and injured ...
- Mali: Four Sri Lankan peacekeepers injured in IED explosion in the Kidal region
May 23, 2023
The detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mali injured four UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka, a UN spokesman said. The injuries are not serious, and the peacekeepers from the ...
- Northern Ireland: Police probe ‘potential link’ between petrol bomb attacks and drugs feud
May 23, 2023
Police are investigating a link between two petrol bomb attacks in Co Down and an ongoing feud between rival drugs gangs in the area. Detectives have appealed for information following the ...
- Kenya: Police recover IEDs, rifles and grenades in Garissa
May 23, 2023
Police Officers have recovered warfare equipment in Garissa. In the operation conducted on Monday, members of the National Police Service recovered the equipment including two RPGs with seven warheads, six AK47 ...
- Royal Navy divers help clear Baltic Sea of unexploded ordnance during Exercise Open Spirit
May 22, 2023
Royal Navy divers are supporting Nato security efforts to recover unexploded mines and torpedoes in the Baltic Sea during Exercise Open Spirit. Specialists from the UK are taking part in a ...
- California: Suspected explosive device ‘neutralized’ by Butte County Inter-Agency Bomb Squad
May 22, 2023
An investigation is continuing after a suspected improvised explosive device found Sunday in Plumas County was neutralized by bomb technicians. Deputies from the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report ...
- Afghanistan: One child killed, another one injured by explosive device in Ghazni province
May 22, 2023
On Sunday, an explosive device from previous military conflicts detonated within the vicinity of the Deyak district in the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, resulting in the unfortunate demise of ...
- British explosives and counter-insurgency specialists pass on decades of bomb making know-how to frontline Ukrainian troops
May 22, 2023
In this video Ukrainian troops get a lesson on covert bomb making. British explosives and counterinsurgency specialist pass on decades of know-how to soldiers already well-versed in normal frontline combat. ...
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