- Dublin: Controlled explosion carried out after hand grenade discovered at Royal Canal
February 8, 2020
An Army bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion after a historical hand grenade was discovered at the Royal Canal this afternoon. Emergency services raced to the scene after the device was discovered between Cross Guns Bridge and Broombridge at around 2pm. The area was sealed off by gardai while the Army EOD team made the ...
- Oregon: Bomb squad remove 6 IED’s from Monmouth home; deputies arrest burglary suspects
February 8, 2020
Polk County Sheriff’s Office said deputies found six improvised explosive devices at a residence while arresting two burglary suspects Wednesday. The sheriff’s office said deputies were investigating several burglaries and thefts that had occurred in southern Polk County. The investigation led them to 23811 Maxfield Creek Road in Monmouth. While at the home, deputies found six IED’s ...
- Watch Bomb Disposal Squad In Action At Odisha’s Rourkela
February 7, 2020
A bomb disposal squad of the local police today defused a crude live bomb through controlled detonation in Basanti Colony here. The squad defused one of the crude live bombs hurled at former councillor Ashesh Mohanty alias Bulu yesterday. As per reports, some unidentified miscreants had hurled some crude bombs at Mohanty on Thursday evening leaving him ...
- USMC EOD Company, 8th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group conduct a Field Evaluation Exercise at Camp Lejeune
February 7, 2020
U.S. Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, 8th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group conduct a Field Evaluation Exercise (FEX) at various locations at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., Feb. 7, 2020, to assess ability to respond to emerging threats. The realistic exercise, that includes the use of TALON robotic vehicles, test EOD technicians across ...
- Police believe CIRA planted bomb intended for ‘Brexit day’ attack
February 6, 2020
Police believe the Continuity IRA (CIRA) was responsible for a bomb found attached to a lorry in County Armagh on Tuesday morning. It is thought the device may have been intended for a Brexit day attack. Police said they first received a report about an explosive device in a lorry at Belfast docks on 31 January – ...
- Manchester Arena bombing: Bomb chemicals ‘ordered with we have come to slaughter email’
February 6, 2020
An email address containing the Arabic for “We have come to slaughter” was used to order 30 litres of hydrogen peroxide seven weeks before the Manchester Arena bombing, the Old Bailey has heard. Suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a homemade explosive at the concert hall on May 22, 2017 after an Ariana Grande concert, killing 22 people. His younger ...
- Assam: Two IEDs recovered in Guwahati
February 6, 2020
Police on Wednesday averted an attempt by insurgents to trigger major explosions in Guwahati after it recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the capital city of Assam. The IEDs have been recovered from Pan Bazar and Paltan Bazar areas in Guwahati around 10:30 pm. The city police recovered the IEDs on the basis of a ...
- Bomb disposal team called after explosion in Hong Kong public toilet near housing estate
February 5, 2020
Hong Kong bomb disposal officers were called in after an explosion in a public toilet on Tuesday night, while in a separate incident police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. The blast wrecked the toilet bowl and blackened walls after plumes of black smoke were emitted. The incident occurred at 10.47pm in a toilet ...
- 720th EOD trains on self-contained breathing apparatus equipment
February 5, 2020
Soldiers from the 720th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) received training on self-contained breathing apparatus equipment during a two-week Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Hazardous Material Technician Course. The training provided the Soldiers the skills and knowledge required to respond to a weapon of mass destruction incident. Although the course has been active for years, the 720th ...
- Belgium, Italy and Slovakia Contribute to Humanitarian Clearance in Iraq
February 5, 2020
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) is continuing its life-saving work in Iraq. UNMAS is grateful for the support it received from three generous donors. The Governments of Belgium (USD 1.6 million), Italy (USD 784,000) and the Slovak Republic (USD 18,750), donated more than USD 2.4 million to ensure that explosive hazard management, training ...
- Bombs, drugs, white supremacist lit part of case against Niagara Falls man
February 4, 2020
The federal government says Jeffrey Richards is a self-proclaimed white supremacist who makes bombs, sell drugs, owns a small arsenal of guns and holds membership in an outlaw biker gang. In a photo posted on Facebook, Richards holds his right arm up in a Nazi-style salute between two friends, one wearing a T-shirt with a Confederate ...
- Officers’ “partners in crime” from all over the nation train in Dothan
February 4, 2020
Teaching a dog a new trick is one thing, but training one to help officers find missing people, apprehend fugitives, and detect drugs is another. To improve these skills, the Dothan Police Department is holding its Annual K-9 Seminar for its 9 units. “Our 9th dog is specially trained for the explosive detection area as well, so ...
- London’s Soho evacuated as World War Two bomb discovered
February 3, 2020
A large part of central London’s busy Soho area was evacuated after an unexploded Second World War bomb was found at a building site. Police were called at 1.42pm on Monday to Dean Street, connecting Oxford Street to Shaftesbury Avenue, which they cordoned off after the device was discovered near the Soho Hotel. Most of the areas ...
- Two homemade bombs found on train in Hong Kong: police
February 3, 2020
The Hong Kong police said two homemade bombs were found Sunday on a train arriving at Hong Kong’s Lo Wu station, condemning the perpetrators for “taking a big step towards terrorism.” The two improvised explosive devices were concealed in a plastic bag and placed under a seat on a mass transit rail (MTR) train from Kowloon ...
- Somalia blast kills 4
February 3, 2020
At least four people were killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion at the roadside in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, officials and witnesses told Xinhua. According to a police officer who declined to be named, the improvised explosive device planted on the road linking Mogadishu to Afgoye town exploded, killing four civilians who ...
- Egyptian officials say militants blow up Sinai gas pipeline
February 3, 2020
Security officials in Egypt said suspected Islamic militants on Sunday blew up a natural gas pipeline in the restive norther part of Sinai Peninsula. At least six masked militants planted explosives under the pipeline in the town of Bir al-Abd. It transfers gas to el-Arish, the provincial capital of North Sinai, and a cement factory in ...
- Streatham terror attack: Terrorist wearing fake PBIED shot dead by police after stabbing two people
February 3, 2020
A terrorist was shot dead by police after stabbing two people in what is believed to have been an Islamist-inspired attack in south London. Sudesh Amman was wearing a fake bomb vest when he attacked people on a busy street in the south London area of Streatham on Sunday afternoon. Amman, 20, from Harrow, north London, had been released ...
- Explosions: ‘On the one hand Sweden is described as a war zone, and on the other it’s heaven on earth’
February 3, 2020
Sweden’s national bomb squad were called out to more than 100 blasts last year, a level not seen anywhere else in Europe. The Local speaks with the police commissioner in charge of a new task force cracking down on the spate of explosions. Stefan Hector is the newly commissioned chief for ‘Hoarfrost’, a Special Incident operation tasked with ...
