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Bombs from the Second World War were detonated in Great Hollands yesterday, after they were found in a resident’s garage. The bombs, technically British mortar tips from the Second World War, were discovered and taken home by the resident in Read More …
Police say they have safely detonated an improvised explosive device in downtown Vancouver. Officers found the device in a backpack during an arrest after two men were caught allegedly trying to break into a vehicle near Thurlow and Bute streets Read More …
Roday, we as a nation cherish peace. However, the price of freedom came after much sacrifice. One of the teams totally committed to safeguarding the citizens of Sri Lanka, was the men of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of the Read More …
Lt(N) Kevin Okihiro knew he would have to disarm nearly a dozen incendiary improvised explosive devices when he arrived at the small Cornish village of Upton Cross in South West England. The moment seemed surreal and unfolded like his training, Read More …
A bomb disposal squad defused an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) which was found at Bandipora-Srinagar Highway, in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir. The suspected IED was found by security forces in J&K’s Bandipora district on June 13. It consists Read More …
A controlled explosion of “unidentified materials” was carried out in a residential area of Redhill following the arrest of a teenage boy. A large presence of emergency services was in Spencer Way from around 3.25pm on Thursday (June 11) and Read More …
A married couple who dumped Mustard Gas canisters from the Second World War in a lake have been sentenced for possessing a chemical weapon in what is thought to be the first such prosecution in the UK. Military enthusiast Martyn Read More …
Two explosions occurred alongside protesters near Louisville’s Waterfront Park Thursday night. Louisville Metro Chief of Public Safety Amy Hess said that one of the explosions left a crater roughly one-and-a-half feet in length on Witherspoon Street. Another nearby explosion, the Read More …
A group of four Swiss army officers is set to help a United Nations agency in Geneva with its humanitarian demining activities. The Federal Council (executive body) on Friday agreed that the Swiss soldiers can help set up an information Read More …
A man has been arrested after suspicious items were discovered in a Glasgow property late last night. Emergency services rushed to the scene on Liddesdale Square in Glasgow North where the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit safely removed the items before carrying Read More …
The AUV has been the tool of choice for shallow-water MCM and EOD operations for a number of years. The coverage by popular news channels of unfortunate events, such as the MH370 tragedy, has also shown that the AUV has Read More …
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Brig. Gen. Antonio V. Munera became the eighth commander of the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command June 9. He succeeded Brig. Gen. James E. Bonner who served as the commander since July Read More …
Security forces averted a militant attack by timely detection of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. A patrol party of the Army noticed the IED planted by the ultras by the roadside at the Saidpora crossing Read More …
Police evacuated several properties after receiving reports of a ‘suspicious item’ in Rusholme today. Officers closed Wilmslow Road at its junctions with Claremont Road and Dickenson Road following the discovery this afternoon. People were being asked to avoid the area. Read More …
Siem Reap officials and the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) announced that with the help of the Peaceland Organisation, Trapeang Thma Village in Khun Ream Commune, Banteay Srei district, is now free of landmines. More than 100 Read More …
A dog walker was left ‘shocked’ when he found a live hand grenade in a Berkhamsted park on Friday morning. At around 11am, Kev Pocock, who is a keen metal detectorist, was walking his dog in Northchurch Common when he Read More …
The Government of Norway through Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) confirmed its commitment to continue supporting Cambodia’s mine clearance efforts by providing $5 million for the next four years. The assistance was made known by Mr. Zlatko Vezillic, Programme Manager for Read More …
The masts are set to be cut from a wartime shipwreck in the Thames Estuary that is packed with 1,400 tonnes of explosives. Cargo ship SS Richard Montgomery was anchored in Sheerness, Kent, when it grounded and broke up in Read More …
Security forces on Wednesday recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Bogapani, which was wrapped in polythene. The IED was recovered from NH 36 and it was diffused by a bomb squad of the army from Dinjan. It is suspected Read More …
The Royal Navy’s bomb disposal team was called out to Penryn after a “suspicious incendiary device” was found outside a building in the town. Devon and Cornwall Police says officers were called out at 11.10am to reports of the device Read More …