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- Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca
April 21, 2023
Twenty-one members assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight participated in a three-day field training exercise, Furious Alpaca, April 10 – 13, 2023, at Camp Navajo, ...
- Russia: Two people injured in Belgorod blast
April 21, 2023
According to preliminary information, two people were injured in a blast that rocked the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod late on Thursday, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his ...
- India: Policeman injured while defusing an IED in Chhattisgarh
April 20, 2023
A policeman was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to have been planted by Maoists, exploded while he was trying to defuse it in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on ...
- Austria to join mine clearance efforts in Ukraine
April 20, 2023
Austria will support humanitarian mine clearance efforts in Ukraine, as part of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Support Programme for Ukraine. According to Alexander Schallenberg, Federal Minister ...
- Mali: Two Peacekeepers injured in mine explosion in Mopti
April 19, 2023
The UN mission in Mali said on social networks that two peacekeepers were wounded by a mine explosion in central Mali. “Our office in Mopti confirms an explosion near the village ...
- India: Five IEDs recovered in Jharkhand
April 19, 2023
Jamshedpur: Security forces have successfully unearthed five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a village in a Maoist-affected area of West Singhbhum. The IEDs were planted by Maoists in an attempt ...
- UK: Further searches after bomb squad removes ‘suspect item’ from flat
April 19, 2023
Further searches are under way after a bomb squad removed a “suspect item” from a flat in Glasgow on Monday. Police were called to the scene on Petershill Road in the ...
- Russia says foiled attack on Crimea’s energy system
April 19, 2023
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had prevented an attack on energy systems in annexed Crimea, state media reported Wednesday. An unidentified Russian-Ukrainian national was detained in the Crimean city ...
- North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers partner with Togo, Benin soldiers to counter IEDs
April 18, 2023
Two U.S. Army Soldiers from the North Dakota National Guard visited African countries Togo and Benin Feb. 6-17, 2023, to exchange best practices in countering improvised explosive devices with Togalese ...
- India: Three-day training programme on emergency management begins in Visakhapatnam
April 18, 2023
A three-day training programme on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) emergency management for Seaport Emergency Handlers was started at HRDC Centre of Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) here on Tuesday. The ...
- UK: Homes evacuated and man arrested after bomb squad called to a flat in Glasgow
April 17, 2023
Homes have been evacuated and a man has been arrested after bomb disposal units were called to a block of flats in Glasgow. Police are currently at the scene on Petershill ...
- UK: Controlled explosion held at Cavenham Heath Nature Reserve
April 17, 2023
A controlled explosion was carried out after a device, thought to be a corroded mortar shell, was found at a nature reserve. Suffolk police was called to Cavenham Heath Nature Reserve, ...
- Philippines: Homemade bomb blast in Sultan Kudarat province injures eight people
April 17, 2023
A homemade bomb ripped through a bus in southern Philippines on Monday and wounded at least eight people, a military spokesperson said. Army Major Andrew Linao of the Western Mindanao Command ...
- India: RSS worker injured while making bomb in Kerala: Second incident in 30 days
April 17, 2023
A young man affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) suffered severe injuries after an explosion occurred during bomb-making near Eranjolipalam in Kerala‘s Kannur district on Tuesday night. Vishnu (20) had ...
- Florida: Man arrested after explosion
April 16, 2023
A Palm Coast man has been arrested after being accused of setting off a homemade explosive device Friday, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. According to a news release, the St. ...
- Niger: Boko Haram IED attack kills operatives of the Niger Republic National Guard
April 16, 2023
A security expert in Maiduguri, Borno state has recently reported that the National Guard of Niger Republic has lost at least two men to an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack ...
- Pakistan: Quetta blast claims lives of three children
April 15, 2023
Three children playing in an abandoned house were killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the Rehman Kahol area of Balochistan’s Chaman district, officials said on Friday. Two children ...
- Nepal: Improvised explosive device planted outside rural municipality chair in Rupandehi district defused
April 15, 2023
Municipality chair in Rupandehi district has been defused on Saturday. A team of Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel disposed of the IED created by inserting explosives into a pressure cooker. Read ...
- Northern Ireland: Police vehicle attacked with suspected petrol bomb in Derry
April 15, 2023
A suspected petrol bomb has been thrown at a police vehicle in Derry. The incident happened in the Shearwater Way area of Derry at around 10am on Saturday as officers attended ...
- Nigeria: Three soldiers injured ‘after running into IED planted by ISWAP’ in Borno
April 15, 2023
At least three soldiers attached to the 25 task force brigade of Operation Hadin Kai have been reportedly injured after running into an improvised explosive device (IED) in Borno. Allegedly, the ...
- Cyprus: 22-year-old in prison for possession of explosives
April 15, 2023
The Police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with an investigation into a case of illegal possession and storage of explosives. Before the arrest and securing a court warrant, the Police ...
- Japan: Man arrested after ‘smoke bomb’ is thrown at the prime minister Fumio Kishida
April 15, 2023
Japan’s prime minister was forced to take cover on Saturday after a pipe-like object believed to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him during an outdoor speech. Fumio Kishida was ...
- Spain: Court releases man charged with sending letter bombs
April 14, 2023
A Spanish magistrate on Friday ordered the conditional release of a man charged with terrorism for sending six letters containing explosives to high-profile diplomatic and government targets. The National Court magistrate ...
- US Army all hazards command participates in Exercise Freedom Shield in South Korea
April 14, 2023
SEOUL – The U.S. military’s premier all hazards command deployed for Exercise Freedom Shield in South Korea, March 13 – 23. American Soldiers and U.S. Army civilians from the 20th Chemical, ...
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