Iowa: Man allegedly hid pipe bombs on golf course, detonated one

A man was arrested after he allegedly planted multiple pipe bombs on a golf course, with one exploding before authorities could defuse it. According to police statements obtained by local outlet KCCI, an explosion rocked the Waveland Golf Course on Read More …

Colombia: Military operation leads to the neutralization of improvised explosive devices

Within the framework of focused military operations and as part of the work of the sustained military operation to increase the security and institutional control of the territory, troops of the Rapid Deployment Force No. 6 of the Sixth Division Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb defused in Lakki Marwat

The police on Tuesday defused a bomb in the Michenkhel area of Lakki Marwat district. An official said that local residents spotted a suspected object along a dirt track in the urban locality and informed police. The cops stopped movement Read More …

Ireland: Gardaí probe if Aughinish bomb linked to Russian attack on Ukraine

Gardaí are investigating if a “viable” bomb found near a Russian-owned alumina refinery in Limerick last Friday had been a direct reaction to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. On Friday afternoon a bomb was discovered attached to a fuel tank Read More …

EDU turns 50: Celebrating the past and high-tech future of the BC RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit

2025 marks a milestone for the BC RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit (EDU), as the unit celebrates 50 years of service in British Columbia. Started with just two part-time members in 1975 when the RCMP took over explosives work across BC, Read More …

India: Major Rajprasad Honored with NSG Award, Lt Gen Ghai Steps Up as Deputy Chief

In a significant recognition of innovation within defense, Major Rajprasad RS of the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers has been bestowed with the ‘NSG Counter IED Innovator Award’. Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan presented the award during the National Security Read More …

Colombia: Troops of the Omega Task Force neutralized four explosive devices in the southeast

Within the framework of the Ayacucho Plus Campaign Plan conducted by the Omega Task Force of Colombian National Army, four improvised explosive devices were destroyed in two military operations. In the first operation, in the Peñas Coloradas village of Cartagena Read More …

Russia: Explosives technicians found six more bombs after explosion derails freight train in Belgorod region

The explosion targeting the rail network in the Belgorod region last night turned out to be much more serious than originally thought. The explosion, which damaged the contact support and caused an emergency stop of a freight train of 66 Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb defused in DI Khan

Security agencies successfully neutralised an improvised explosive device planted along a road, thereby preventing what could have been a deadly assault targeting security forces and police personnel near Khoi Bahara police station on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by Read More …

Israel: IED near gas tanks on Saadia Gaon Street in Haifa

Coastal District police from the Haifa station, together with a police sapper, recently located an explosive device near gas cylinders on a criminal background in a residential building on Saadia Gaon Street in Haifa, and are currently working to neutralize Read More …

India: IED defused in Haryana

An improvised explosive device (IED) recovered during a counter-terror operation in Sector 39 on Thursday night has been safely defused by a bomb squad from the Indian Army’s Western Command, based in Chandimandir. The 2-kg device, believed to contain RDX, Read More …

Ireland: 20 pipe bombs and €190k of cannabis seized by gardaí in Co Louth

Gardaí seized €190,000 of cannabis and 20 pipe bombs as part of a search in Ardee, Co Louth, on Tuesday. The search was part of an intelligence-led operation linked to the seizure of the cannabis. During the course of the Read More …

Northern Ireland: Viable pipe bomb and ammunition recovered by police in Belfast

Viable pipe bomb devices and ammunition were recovered as a north Belfast security alert at Cavehill has ended, police confirmed. The PSNI said the devices have been made safe and taken away for further examination, Shortly after 9:30am, two controlled Read More …

Making south Lebanon safer: UNIFIL’s efforts in UXO clearance

Since the cessation of hostilities agreement on 27 November 2024, UNIFIL has carried out 34 clearance operations in south Lebanon, removing 91 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). While routine demining activities remain on hold, these efforts are Read More …

India: Jawan killed while trying to defuse IED

A Jharkhand Jaguar jawan was killed and a head constable of 203 battalion of CoBRA sustained injuries while trying to defuse an IED planted by Maoists in West Singhbhum’s Saranda forests Saturday. Gunfight broke out on borders of Chotanagra & Read More …

India: Punjab police arrest two with RDX-laden IED

In Punjab, the counter intelligence wing of the state police in Ferozepur has arrested two persons with a remote controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) containing 1.6 kilogram RDX. Akashvani correspondent reports that the recovery of RDX explosive is said to Read More …

Ireland: Explosive device In Wexford made safe

A man has been arrested after a suspicious device was found at a home in Wexford town. The Army bomb disposal unit was called to the scene following the discovery at about 7 o’clock yesterday evening. A specialist team examined Read More …

Pakistan: Police defuse 15kg bomb in Lakki Marwat

The police foiled a terror bid by defusing an indigenously made bomb in Wanda Maidali area of Lakki Marwat district on Wednesday. A police official said that unknown miscreants had planted an explosive device in a room adjacent to a Read More …

Ukrainian forces planted mines at cemeteries in Kursk Region during retreat

Soldiers from the Bars-Kursk unit, engaged in combat in the Sumy area, are conducting daily demining operations at various locations, including cemeteries that were mined by Ukrainian troops during their retreat from the Kursk Region. The unit’s sappers are urging Read More …