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A bank robber who blew up homemade bombs at two Edmonton branches three years ago, injuring four armed guards, could face up to life in prison. Last Tuesday in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench, 40-year-old Justin Byron pleaded guilty to Read More …
What happens when a bomb explodes? A lot of testing has been done over the years to answer that question about huge bombs, but there is much less understanding when it comes to small bombs – especially when they are Read More …
A police worker who ran a survivalist YouTube channel has admitted possessing banned weapons and making an improvised explosive device. Zoe Ashley Watts – a former PCSO – was arrested in October after a search at her home in St Read More …
The Sierra Vista Police Department made an arrest following an alleged explosion. On May 17, 35-year-old James Jaggers III of Sierra Vista was taken into custody after officers and state explosive experts discovered suspected remains of an explosive device, and Read More …
Residents living in and around Scio Township can expect to hear several loud explosions Thursday afternoon and should not be alarmed. The FBI field office out of Detroit is hosting a training session on weapons of mass destruction and improvised Read More …
A homemade explosive device and $86,000 worth of cash are among the latest items seized by a Northern taskforce targeting illegal guns. On Monday the Launceston Firearms Taskforce carried out a search warrant at a South Launceston address. Here, police Read More …
In a major seizure, security forces seized 40 kilograms of high explosive material along with several improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a joint search operation in Doda district, the Army said on Saturday. “The timely recovery thwarted the nefarious designs Read More …
The Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan plans to purchase new equipment for mechanical demining, an employee of the agency Musa Mammadov told Trend. According to Mammadov, the agency currently has six mechanical demining machines at its disposal. Read More …
“There are many mines in Lebanon,” Chief Warrant Officer Rath Mom told The Daily Star, under the shade of a khaki tent erected at a demining base in a remote area in Sector West of UNIFIL’s deployment zone on the Read More …
Authorities have arrested two alleged suppliers of improvised explosive device (IED) components in Jolo, Sulu, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Monday, May 3, 2021. Akkang Suraili Omaron of Barangay Tulay in Jolo and Mardan Dammang Jamasali Read More …
More than 100 units of unexploded ordnances (UXO) were found by villagers in two districts and handed over to the Battambang provincial authorities for further action. Police More than 100 units of unexploded ordnances (UXO) were found by villagers in Read More …
In a letter dated April 26, 2021 and sent to the brigade commander of 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Owerri, Imo capital, the DSS alleged that the action of the group is to further destabilise the state. The letter was reportedly Read More …
An international online conference on mine action in Ukraine was held at the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defence University of Ukraine with the assistance of the Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP). “The participants discussed the mine action system in Ukraine, the Read More …
Message from the Senior Programme Manager, Mr. Pehr Lodhammar What a tumultuous yet transformative and rewarding year it has been! When I look back at 2020, the challenges brought forth with the emergence and swift transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic Read More …
Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies say they found two objects that were determined to be explosive related, at the McCredie Lake Conservation Area on Wednesday. According to a release from Sheriff Clay Chism, deputies responded to a “suspicious incident” around 6:50 Read More …
Gendarmerie forces seized a large amount of explosives as part of a domestic anti-terror operation in southeastern Turkey, the interior minister said on Monday. “As part of Operation Eren-5 Bagok: 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of plastic explosives and improvised explosive Read More …
Some 82 anti-personnel and 18 anti-tank mines, as well as 79 unexploded ordnance, were found and neutralized on the liberated territories between April 19 and April 24, Azerbaijan’s Mine Action Agency has reported. Some 90.8 hectares of the Azerbaijani territories Read More …
Huge cache of ammunition & explosives seized during a joint search operation of the GCPSU & Afghan Commandos in Ab Bazak village, Mohammad Agha district of Logar province. A Taliban bomb making factory was also destroyed & 16 roadside bombs, Read More …
Six individuals have been reportedly injured when a Michigan student accidentally set off a homemade explosive system inside a classroom on Monday morning. The 16-year-old student who detonated the system, 4 different college students and a trainer have been all Read More …
Gardaí investigating feuding gangs in Drogheda have uncovered a makeshift bomb-making factory in a house in the town. Two pipe bombs, gun powder and a large quantity of firearms ammunition were seized in a house in the Rosevale Estate late Read More …