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A man in full black bloc behaving suspiciously near a right-wing rally outside the Pinellas County Courthouse in Florida on Jan. 6 was apprehended by deputies after he tried fleeing on foot. Garrett James Smith, 22, was arrested and found Read More …
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have responded to a report of an explosion incident, which occurred at Mbarana area, North West Guadalcanal on 4 January 2021. Initial reports said that the Read More …
Irish Army Bomb Disposal officers have said a large amount of information on the internet could be aiding criminal gangs who use explosive devices to carry out attacks and intimidate rivals. In the second part of our interview with two Read More …
Two bombs allegedly from the Second World War were unearthed in woodland near Standon over the Christmas period. The devices were detonated in a controlled explosion carried out by Army bomb disposal experts that was heard from Puckeridge to the Read More …
A British mortar shell from Israel’s War of Independence period was discovered on Saturday near Maale Hahamisha, a kibbutz not far from Jerusalem, the Israel Police said. The 81mm. shell was found by a father and son who were walking Read More …
FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky – A U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician from the 722nd Ordnance Company (EOD) won the 52nd EOD Group Best Warrior Competition. Sgt. Micah K. Miller took first place in the competition against five noncommissioned officers Read More …
The Royal Navy is to dismantle a sunken warship in the River Thames containing 1,400 tonnes of unstable explosives. It is believed that if the unexploded ordnance on the SS Richard Montgomery were triggered it could lead to the nearby Read More …
An improvised bomb was detonated against the wall of an army operations base in Rueso district on Wednesday morning, causing little damage and no injuries. The explosion occurred about 6.15am at the Narathiwat 21 special operations unit base at Ban Read More …
Residents of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, and environs have been advised not to panic as Combat Engineers of the Headquarters Sector 2 Operation HADIN KAI, will detonate unexploded explosive ordinances in two locations within the metropolis. The locations are: Read More …
Grand Rapids police plan to detonate seized and old explosives as part of a controlled disposal process Thursday, Dec. 30. Police issued an advisory Tuesday, Dec. 28, mostly for people who may be near the disposal site at the city’s Read More …
Irish bomb disposal technicians are at the forefront of developing the response to potential large-scale terror attacks on Irish soil. A team in the Curragh, along with other elements of the Irish Defence Forces, have developed a Defence Forces-wide response Read More …
Further details are available from a planned operation by the Somali National Army (SNA) in the Lower Shabelle region in southwestern Somalia. The operation was carried out in the areas of Shamgare, Jowhar Yareey, and Mubarak, which are all under Read More …
Mechanical equipment has been in the inventory of conventional military forces for the purposes of military engineering—including demining—since the Second World War. The integration of mechanical equipment into UNMAS Iraq clearance activities may have therefore seemed a natural evolution from Read More …
A total of 22 bombs were found at a construction site in Barangay Cabatangan in Zamboanga City last Monday, December 20. A Police Regional Office-9 report said 52-year-old Alex Glinogo y Cruz, a Cabatangan resident, was digging at a construction Read More …
Meghalaya Police on Monday evening carried out two separate counter-insurgency operations in the West Garo Hills district and recovered a grenade, ammunition and two IEDs. During an operation, the Meghalaya Police in West Garo Hills recovered one live grenade and Read More …
Servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent destroyed the ammo detected at the territory of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). During one day sappers destroyed eight ammo for hand-held antitank grenade launcher detected in Martuni district. Disposal of the detected explosive devices (EDs) was Read More …
The Centralia Police Department said Saturday afternoon that two unidentified suspects exploded the 1st Security Bank ATM on South Tower Avenue this morning using an improvised explosive device and then fled in a late 1990s or early 2000s four-door Honda Read More …
The bomb squad was called to the small Staffordshire town of Cold Meece after receiving a report that hundreds of World War II-era shells were discovered at a construction site. Police received the call around 12:45 PM on December 14, Read More …
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – The 18th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) returned home to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Nov. 30, after serving as the sole EOD company in Iraq for six months. The company deployed to Iraq with nine Read More …
Police arrested four people and seized bomb-making supplies during raids targeting suspected far-right extremists in the western German city of Cologne on Thursday. Officers searched the homes of four men allegedly belonging to the far-right extremist scene. Police said the Read More …