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- For Senegalese landmine victims, a forgotten conflict lives on
December 31, 2022
Night was falling, and Boubacar Ba was once again hunting in the forest outside his hometown of Mpak in southern Senegal. Then a crack rang out, not from his rifle ...
- Kenyan soldier killed and four others injured in roadside bomb blast in Lamu county
December 30, 2022
One Kenya Defence Forces soldier has been killed while four others injured at the Mlima Faru area in Lamu county. The soldier was killed after their vehicle drove over an Improvised ...
- Malaysia: Explosive device that killed man in Pandan was a ‘homemade bomb’
December 30, 2022
Police believe the explosive device that killed a a 28-year-old cook outside a restaurant in Pandan Indah was a homemade bomb. Police arrived at the conclusion after having discovered certain items ...
- Washington: Police arrest suspect who placed a pipe bomb in a SODO parking garage
December 29, 2022
Police arrested a man who placed a pipe bomb in an underground parking garage in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood on Thursday. According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), just after 8:00 a.m., ...
- Nigeria: Explosion rocks Kogi minutes before Buhari’s visit
December 29, 2022
An explosion occurred Thursday in Kogi State minutes before President Muhammadu Buhari was to commission a project in the North-central state. Residents said the explosion, believed to be from a bomb, ...
- UK: World War One artillery shell found by magnet fishers in Worcester destroyed in a controlled explosion
December 29, 2022
A World War One artillery bomb was disposed of via a controlled explosion on farmland in Worcestershire. South Quay by the River Severn in Worcester was cordoned off and emergency services ...
- India: Over 200 improvised explosive devices recovered by security forces from Jharkhand forest
December 29, 2022
Security forces have recovered over 200 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), suspected to be planted by Naxalites, in a forest in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district. Along with the IEDs, 200 meters of cordtex ...
- Iceland: The police raises the terrorism alert level
December 29, 2022
The police terrorism alert level has been raised from A to B, following the Court of Appeals ruling lifting the custodial sentence for men suspected of planning a terrorist attack. It ...
- India: IED blast kills villager in Jharkhand
December 29, 2022
A 23-year-old man was killed in the explosion of an IED, suspected to have been planted by banned CPI (Maoists), in a forest of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said ...
- How New Jersey Guardsmen Thwarted One of the Largest Somali Terror Attacks in Decades
December 28, 2022
It was fall 2019, and there was a near certainty that the American-run Baledogle Military Airfield in the middle of Somalia was going to be attacked. The cavalry troops defending ...
- Cambodian Red Cross gives $2m for demining
December 28, 2022
The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) is donating $2 million for demining to help Cambodia achieve its mine-free goal by 2025. A press statement issued after the CRC Annual Meeting on Monday ...
- World War Two: Thousands of bombs still left unexploded
December 27, 2022
There are potentially thousands of unexploded World War Two bombs around Wales, with emergency services still dealing with up to 20 callouts a year. With the coastal towns of Cardiff and ...
- Cambodia: Chinese army to assist in demining during drill
December 27, 2022
The Chinese army will help Cambodia in clearing landmines and other UXOs in an upcoming military drill. Prime Minister Hun Sen said making Cambodia, a country once torn by civil war, ...
- One careful step at a time through Lebanon’s minefields
December 27, 2022
A visit to a minefield starts with some crucial safety notes. And they will save your life – when you are just steps away from deadly buried explosives, you need ...
- Israel: Jerusalem bombing suspect ‘identifies with Islamic State’
December 27, 2022
Israeli authorities say they have arrested a suspect in Jerusalem over twin bombings that killed two people last month and that he identifies with Islamic State. Aslam Farouh, 26, an Arab ...
- Cambodia: CMAA meet deminers to plan operations
December 27, 2022
CMAA’s Ly Thuch meets with operators on the preparation and zoning of demining areas on December 26. CMAA The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and national and international ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Police recover IED in Udhampurm district, suspect detained
December 26, 2022
Police on Monday recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said. IED-like material weighing around 15 kilogram and stored in a cylindrical object and 300-400 ...
- Israel prevents suicide bombing attack; bomb caught before detonation
December 26, 2022
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Monday that it prevented a massive terrorist bombing attack and suicide bombings slated to occur within Israel. It said it arrested a number ...
- Afghanistan: Head of Badakhshan Security Department Killed in Faizabad Blast
December 26, 2022
A blast targeted a vehicle in the city of Faizabad, Badakhshan province, on Monday morning, killing head of the provincial security department, Abdulhaq Abu Omar, the ministry of interior confirmed. The ...
- Pakistan: 5 army personnel martyred in IED blast in Balochistan’s Kahan
December 26, 2022
Five Pakistan Army personnel were martyred in a blast on Sunday from an improvised explosive device (IED) during a clearance operation in Balochistan’s Kahan area, the military’s media wing confirmed. A ...
- Brazil: Police arrest man suspected of planting explosives at Brasilia International Airport ahead of presidential inauguration
December 26, 2022
The man arrested for being involved in a bombing attempt at Brasilia International Airport over the weekend said in a written statement to police that he intended to “create chaos” ...
- Burkina Faso: At least 21 civilians killed in bus explosion in Gourma province
December 26, 2022
A public transport bus hit an improvised explosive device near the village of Bougui at the exit of the town of Fada N’Gourma, in the east of the country on ...
- Russia’s FSB liquidated Ukrainian sabotage group trying to enter Bryansk region
December 26, 2022
Russia’s FSB security service said on Monday that a four-person Ukrainian “sabotage group” had been “liquidated” while trying to enter Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, on Sunday, Russian news ...
- Pakistan: Three separate grenade blasts leave at least 15 injured in Quetta
December 25, 2022
Three grenade blasts left at least 15 injured in the city on Sunday adding to the sourge of terrorism that is eyeing the country. Reports said that a hand grenade was ...
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