Nigeria: Troops kill ISWAP top bomb producer

The troops of Operation Desert Sanity III and Operation Hadin Kai have successfully eliminated the Islamic State West African Province, ISWAP, top Commander in charge of Vehicle Bomb Improvised Explosive Device, VBEID, Mallam Muhammadu. This followed the continuation of the Read More …

Pakistan, US to increase capacity to meet threats

US State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel on Tuesday said that the Pakistan and United States agreed to expand cooperation and increase the capacity to meet emerging threats. “We also agreed about preventing and deterring terrorist groups and the Read More …

Northern Ireland: Man and woman charged with attempting to make explosives after house search

A man and woman have been charged with attempting to make explosives under suspicious circumstances and possessing firearms and ammunition in suspicious circumstances. The arrests and charges follow a proactive search of a house in the Holylands area of south Read More …

ATMIS, Somali troops hone skills to counter threats posed by explosive devices

Some 80 African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and Somalia security officers on Tuesday began a three-day training focused on detecting and neutralizing improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The United Nations Action Service (UNMAS) is organizing training to increase the Read More …

Turkey to train Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces

The Turkish government has recently put the Military Training Cooperation Agreement signed with Uganda on its agenda for approval. The Military Training Cooperation Agreement, signed on September 13, 2022 in Ankara, establishes a legal framework for military training. Activities include Read More …

African Union, ICRC Roundtable Seeks Innovative Tech Solutions for Landmine Clearance in Africa

The African Union Commission (AUC), in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), hosted a roundtable discussion on the ongoing challenges posed by landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in Africa as part of the Commemoration Read More …

Israel: Terrorist arrested for attaching IED to Palestinian flag in attack

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet (ISA) forces have made a breakthrough in the case of a bomb attack last month involving an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a Palestinian Authority (PA) flag in the Binyamin region. Read More …

Russia: FSB detains Tambov resident for plotting terrorist attack on court buildings

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a resident of the city of Tambov for plotting to blow up areas adjacent to the regional court and the arbitration court, the FSB said in a statement. “The FSB, working jointly with Read More …

Uganda: Army, police recover four explosives in Kampala

A joint security team on Saturday morning recovered at least four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Kwata zone, Komamboga Parish, Kawempe Division in Kampala City. Also recovered are mobile phones and magazines of a nine-millimetre pistol, according to the UPDF Read More …

Nigeria: Security agencies kill suspected IPOB bomb expert in Imo state

Combined security agencies have killed a suspected bomb expert of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Nigeria’s South-east. The spokesperson of the Nigerian army, Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Friday Read More …

African Lion 24 features forensics IED simulation in Bizerte, Tunisia

Members of the U.S. Forensic Exploitation Department based at the Djibouti Joint Theater Forensic Analysis Center, run a simulated improvised explosive device scenario with the Tunisian Armed Forces during exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Bizerte, Tunisia, May 3, 2024. Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram bomb ‘experts’ surrendered in Borno

Two Boko Haram improvised explosive device ‘experts’, Abubakar Mohammed and Bana Modu, have surrendered to troops, says the Multinational Joint Task Force ( MNJTF) in Borno. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, the military spokesman, said this in a statement in Maiduguri Read More …

New York National Guard sharpens disaster readiness skills during Homeland Response Force exercise

CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, New York – Soldiers from the New York National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division came together at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill, April 15 to 19 to hone their command and control capabilities as the Region Read More …

Nigeria: Troops discover IED factory in Borno

Troops of the Nigerian Army have discovered a factory where fighters of the Islamic States of West African Province (ISWAP) manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The IED factory is located in Abulam-BUK, Damboa LGA of Borno state. Read more… Source: Read More …

Pakistan police kill bomber to thwart attack on Japanese nationals

Police in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi shot down a suicide bomber and a militant on Friday as they attacked a vehicle carrying five Japanese nationals, all of whom survived, a police spokesperson said. Islamist militants seeking to overthrow the Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Three IEDs seized in Poonch

Three ready-to-use improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized from a suspected terrorist hideout in the border district of J&K’s Poonch early Wednesday, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Anantnag-Rajouri segment on May 7, officials said. “Around 6am, a Read More …

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India: IEDs recovered in 8 cans in Jharkhand

Security forces recovered and defused improvised explosive devices (IEDs) kept in eight cans in a forest in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Monday, police said. The explosives were recovered from the Lohra forest under the jurisdiction of the Barwadih police station Read More …