Nigeria: IED explosion kills 7 civilians in Borno

Another Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted along Maiduguri-Dikwa-Gamboru Ngala road has killed seven people, including a telecommunication experts, Mallam Abbashuwa Bulamarwa. The incident took place, weekend, when their vehicles drove on the planted IED in-between Dikwa and Logomani village, about 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 …

Pakistan: Two key TTP terrorists killed in Rawalpindi

The Counter-Terrorism Department of Rawalpindi killed on Sunday two key terrorists of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an Intelligence-based operation (IBO). Action against the militants was taken upon a tip-off. The terrorists opened fire on CTD personnel and were 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 …

Syria: Two SAA soldiers killed by IED explosion in Hama Desert

A member of the Damascus Forces was killed as a result of his wounds he sustained today following the explosion of an explosive device planted by ISIS mercenaries on the Athreya-Khanaser road in the Hama desert, coinciding with the passage 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 …

Crimea Bridge Explosion Caused by Equivalent to 10 Tons of TNT

The main bridge linking the Russian mainland to annexed Crimea was blown up in October 2022 using an improvised explosive device with a power equivalent to 10 tons of TNT, a Russian newspaper has reported. “The group members, at an Read More …

Ireland: Man arrested for carrying ‘improvised explosive device’ in Finglas

A Dublin man arrested for carrying an “improvised explosive device” close to his home believed there was a “viable” threat to his safety, a court has heard. Sammy Hutch (48) of Cardiffsbridge Avenue, Finglas, was remanded in custody on Thursday. Read More …

Myanmar: Routes linking Yangon and Mandalay hit by mine attacks

A bridge on the old Yangon-Mandalay highway and a section of railway linking the two cities were both significantly damaged by mine attacks carried out by resistance forces on Wednesday, according to state media reports. The incidents occurred in Bago Read More …

Pakistan: One person killed, 20 injured in twin blasts in Duki

One person was killed, and 20 others injured, including two officials of Balochistan police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), in two explosions that took place in the coal field area of Duki district in northern Balochistan on Thursday. Officials said that Read More …

Iraq: Explosion injures four Ministry of Electricity workers in Anbar

On Wednesday, a security source reported that four workers affiliated with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity sustained injuries in an explosion caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Al-Anbar Governorate, western Iraq. The source told Shafaq News Agency that Read More …

Russia: Two police officers killed in militant attack in North Caucasus

Two police officers have been killed and another four suffered wounds in a militant attack on a traffic police unit in Russia’s Karachay-Circassian Region in the North Caucasus, the regional branch of the Interior Ministry said in a statement. According Read More …

Syria remains country hardest hit by landmines due to casualties, says UN official

Landmines, explosive remnants of war, and improvised explosive devices continue to cause death and injury, especially around armed conflicts, with one person on average killed every hour, with Syria hit hardest, a UN official said Friday. Christelle Loupforest, who heads Read More …

Pakistan: Six Frontier Corps personnel injured in Khyber IED blast

Six Frontier Corps personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy in Upper Bara here on Wednesday. Security officials in the region said that suspected militants targeted an FC convoy in Enzara area of Upper Read More …

India: IED explosion damages bridge on NH2 in Manipur

A bridge on the National Highway 2 in ethnic violence-hit Manipur’s Kangpokpi district was partially damaged in an IED explosion early on Wednesday, disrupting traffic movement in the area, police said. The blast occurred on the bridge between Sapermeina and 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 …

Pakistan: Two killed in Tirah IED explosion

Two boys were killed and another sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the Maidan area of Tirah valley on Saturday, local and official sources said. The victims were reportedly searching for mushrooms in a hilly Read More …

West Bank: IDF reservist kicks Palestinian flag, sets off explosive terror trap

An IDF reservist who was home on temporary leave was lightly wounded after kicking a Palestinian flag in Kochav Hashahar, in the West Bank, and setting off an explosive charge that was implanted under it, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 8 IEDs, 2 wireless sets seized from terrorist hideout in Rajouri

Security forces in ‘s Rajouri district discovered a terrorist hideout on Sunday, officials reported. The hideout yielded eight Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), two wireless sets, and ammunition. The recovered items were in a deteriorated state, indicating they had been there Read More …