India: Security forces unearth three IEDs in joint campaign

In a significant development in the ongoing anti-Naxal campaign, security forces, including Chaibasa Police, CRPF, and Jharkhand Jaguar, unearthed three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from the hilly area around village Kudaburu under Sonuwa police station in West Singhbhum district. The Read More …

Ukraine: Over 200,000 hectares of agricultural land put back into use since beginning of the year

Ukraine’s and non-governmental operators’ bomb disposal units have inspected and brought back into use over 200,000 hectares of agricultural land since the beginning of the year. “Our bomb disposal experts from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, State Transport Special Service and Read More …

UK: Three Second World War bombs detonated on Walton beach

The Walton Coastguard Rescue team and the explosive Ordnance Disposal team were sent to inspect part of Walton beach on Saturday. Upon arrival the crews discovered three unexploded ordnances which following an inspection were confirmed to be from the Second Read More …

Greece: Explosive device deactivated near riot police HQ in Zografou

The bomb disposal squad discovered and defused an explosive device near the headquarters of the riot police officers (MAT) in the district of Zografou in central Athens on Monday. Unidentified individuals had earlier sent an audio message to the Efimerida Read More …

Northern Ireland: Pipe bomb explodes outside Belfast home

A pipe bomb exploded in the garden of a house in Dunmurry on Friday. Detectives are investigating the attack in Sunnymede Park, which was reported shortly after 11.30pm. The pipe bomb had partially exploded and a number of people were Read More …

UNDP and the Netherlands forge $10 million partnership for mine action in Ukraine

In a landmark development for Ukraine’s recovery and safety, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands announce a new partnership, marked by acontribution of $10 million towards mine action in Ukraine. The initiative will focus Read More …

California: Bomb squad detonates improvised explosive device found in Placer County

A bomb squad team safely detonated a potentially deadly improvised explosive device that was found off a road in Placer County earlier this week, the sheriff’s office said. The device looked like a pressure cooker with wires coming from it, Read More …

UK: Edinburgh bomb squad detonated historic device at Cramond beach

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers were spotted on Cramond beach as they detonated a historic object that was found in a residential area. Edinburgh police were called to the Craigmillar Park area at around 3.25pm on Friday 15 December. They Read More …

Chinese peacekeepers fulfill commitments on peacekeeping battlefield in Lebanon

The 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-role engineering company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), formed by troops from a brigade under the PLA 75th Group Army, concluded its peacekeeping mission and returned to China successfully on the early Read More …

U.S. Army EOD techs leverage expertise at Johns Hopkins University cluster munitions forum

WASHINGTON – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians participated in a forum conducted by one of the nation’s premier engineering schools to learn better ways to confront and defeat cluster munitions during large-scale combat operations. Army EOD technicians attended the Read More …

Washington: Bomb squad demonstrates emergency security at Port of Port Angeles

Five members of the Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad visited Marine Terminal 1 on the Port Angeles waterfront last week. They weren’t there to detonate an improvised explosive device, identify a biochemical threat or investigate a suspicious package, but to Read More …

Hawaii: TSA discovers anti-aircraft ammunition in checked bag at Honolulu airport

TSA agents at the Honolulu airport had to evacuate a checked baggage room Friday morning after an “anti-aircraft round of ammunition” was found in a luggage. It happened around 5:30 a.m. when TSA’s security screening x-ray technology flagged a checked Read More …

Japan pledges $4.5 billion more in aid for Ukraine

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged $4.5 billion to Ukraine, including $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help support the war-torn country’s recovery effort in an online summit of leading industrial nations. Kishida made the announcement late Wednesday in Tokyo while Read More …

Paris police expect 2024 Olympics to be ‘considerable challenge’ for bomb disposal squad

The Paris police bomb disposal team expect the Olympics to present them with a “considerable challenge” next year. They have been working with Paris 2024 organisers to define the right level of bomb clearing intervention during the Olympics and Paralympics Read More …

Ukraine to receive €1.5 million for humanitarian demining from Slovenia

Slovenia will provide €1.5 million to Ukraine for humanitarian demining. The agreement was signed by Andrii Taran, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Slovenia, and Tanja Fajon, Slovenian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs. Following the Read More …

Nigeria: Police defuse IED at the University of Maiduguri

The Police Command in Borno State said it successfully defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri on Monday. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed the incident in an Read More …

Hong Kong police arrest 2 men, seize chemicals capable of producing explosives

The two men, 33-year-old Ho Chi-hin and 34-year-old Ng Tsz-kit, appeared at the Eastern Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday after they were arrested on Sunday near Nam Fung Road in Aberdeen. Authorities seized some 30 kg of various types of chemicals, Read More …

Ukraine: Sea mine that washed ashore in Odesa Oblast disabled

A sea mine that washed ashore near the town of Prymorske in Odesa Oblast after recent storms was disabled by counter-mine units from Ukraine’s navy, according to an announcement by the navy’s official Facebook page on Dec. 4. Hundreds of Read More …

UK: Bomb squad detonate ornamental garden missile

A couple who kept a live bomb as a garden ornament have said they were sorry that their “old friend” had been detonated by a disposal unit. The missile, which had been outside the home of Sian and Jeffrey Edwards, Read More …