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- Afghanistan: Explosion in Zabul Kills a Child, Injures 3 More
April 1, 2023
A child was killed and three others injured when an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) exploded in Southern Zabul province, according to local sources. The explosion caused by an IED of past ...
- Difficult Terrain In Mine Action
March 31, 2023
Armed conflicts continue to cause an increase in the number of casualties from explosive ordnance. Even after hostilities have ended, populations living in mine-affected areas often live with the risk ...
- Pakistan: TTP strikes in Lakki Marwat leave four police officers dead, six hurt
March 30, 2023
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in a pair of attacks killed four police officers by targeting a police vehicle with a roadside bomb and wounded six in an attack on a ...
- Ecuador police deactivate explosive device taped to guard
March 30, 2023
Police successfully deactivated a vest-like explosive device Thursday that an unknown number of people allegedly had taped to the chest of a security guard at a jewelry store in Ecuador’s ...
- Kansas: IEDs found in residence, man arrested after 12-hour standoff in Cherryvale
March 29, 2023
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (MGSO) arrested a man Tuesday morning after a standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Montgomery County Detectives searched his home and found what appeared to be ...
- Colombia: Militants kill 9 soldiers in attack in Norte de Santander state
March 29, 2023
Militants in Colombia killed nine soldiers and wounded nine others in an attack early Wednesday on a military unit securing a northern pipeline, officials said, complicating efforts by the country’s ...
- Croatia wants to help Ukraine with mine clearance efforts
March 29, 2023
Croatia, which has experience in eliminating the consequences of war on its own territory, can help with the humanitarian demining of Ukrainian lands. Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banozic said this at ...
- Secretary-General, in Message for Mine Action Day, Urges Member States to Ratify, Fully Implement Conventions Banning Explosive Ordnance, Cluster Munitions
March 28, 2023
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed on 4 April: For the millions living amidst the chaos of ...
- Nigeria: Boko Haram bomb maker ‘dies after stepping on IED he planted for troops’
March 28, 2023
Awana Gaidam, a Boko Haram bomb maker, has reportedly died after “stepping on a self-made improvised explosive device” planted for Nigerian troops in Borno state. Allegedly, Awana was blown to pieces ...
- Montana: Suspected pipe bomb detonated near Old Steel Bridge in Kalispell
March 28, 2023
The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office explosive team blew up a pipe bomb a pedestrian found on Tuesday afternoon near Kalispell’s Old Steel Bridge. Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino says the person ...
- Northern Ireland: MI5 raises terror threat to ‘severe’ – meaning attack highly likely
March 28, 2023
The terror threat level in Northern Ireland has increased from “substantial” to “severe” meaning an attack is highly likely, the government has said. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris told the House ...
- First response to our most likely threat
March 28, 2023
There’s a tourniquet and a Warrior Skills: Skill Level 1 book on the table. The book is a manual of common Soldier tasks with step-by-step instructions. A red tab marks ...
- Cambodia: UXO casualties down 56 per cent, say CMAA
March 28, 2023
Since the beginning of January, eleven people were injured and one killed by land mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). According to a March 27 report from the Cambodian Mine Action ...
- 49th CES EOD flight trains multi-capable Airmen
March 28, 2023
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — From unexploded munitions to chemical, biological and nuclear hazards, it’s up to the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron’s explosive ordnance disposal flight to attenuate hazards ...
- Vietnam: Warhead explosion kills 2, injures 3 in Kon Tum
March 27, 2023
Two people were killed and three others were seriously injured in a warhead explosion in Kon Tum Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Doctor Vo Van Thien, director of the Kon ...
- Registration Open for SOF Week 2023 in Tampa
March 27, 2023
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Special Operations Command and Global Special Operations Foundation (GSOF) will co-host Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week in Tampa, FL, 8-11 May. SOF Week combines a defense industry ...
- Afghanistan: Blast near foreign ministry in Kabul kills at least two
March 27, 2023
At least two people were killed and 12 injured in a blast near Afghanistan’s ministry of foreign affairs, according to a hospital run by an Italian NGO in capital Kabul. “We ...
- Ukraine: Improvised explosive device used in attempt on life of Mariupol police chief
March 27, 2023
A self-made explosive device was used in an attempt to assassinate Mariupol police chief Mikhail Moskvin, the press service of the Interior Ministry of the Donetsk People’s Republic told TASS ...
- Spain: Authorities dismantled a clandestine workshop with almost 500 kilos of bomb-making materials in Barcelona
March 26, 2023
A total of 468 kilos of explosive precursors and chemical products for their preparation have been seized, as well as fuse and 2.2 kilos of finished explosive mixture A person who ...
- Northern Ireland: Police at scene of suspected pipe bomb attack in Newtownards
March 26, 2023
Police and Army bomb experts are at the scene of a suspected pipe bomb attack in Newtownards. It’s understood a property in the Bowtown Road area of town was targeted on ...
- Philippines: Ammunition, explosives dug up in Henry Teves company compound
March 26, 2023
Suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs), rocket propelled grenades, and ammunition were dug up during a second raid on the compound of HDJ Agri-Venture Corporation, whose president is former Negros Oriental ...
- UK: The respectable businessman by day who was a bomb-making jihadi by night
March 26, 2023
For families in the playground opposite Asad Bhatti’s home, the financial analyst working at Legal & General looked like any other businessman in his suit and tie. But the 47-year-old bachelor ...
- French minister says protesters are firing mortars to fire explosives at police
March 25, 2023
France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said ‘far-Left’ rioters were using mortars to fire explosives at the police amid the intensified violence between security forces and protesters on Saturday. Three police ...
- Iraq: Spiking violence strains sectarian ties
March 25, 2023
“I only remember the explosion,” Maytham, 16, said from his hospital bed, his pale arms speckled brown by shrapnel. The attack took place earlier this month in the Shiite-majority village ...
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