Huge explosion destroys part of bridge linking Russia and Crimea

A huge explosion rocked a strategically important bridge linking Russia and the Crimean Peninsula early Saturday, bringing down sections of road and causing fuel tanker wagons to catch fire on a train. A day after President Vladimir Putin celebrated his Read More …

Ukraine: Combine harvester blown up on enemy mine in Kryvyi Rih district

In the Kryvyi Rih district, a combine harvester was blown up after it ran over an enemy mine. The driver is alive. Yevhen Sytnychenko, the head of the Kryvyi Rih District Military Administration, said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform Read More …

UK: Further bomb squad call-out to housing development in Shrewsbury

Police have again closed a building site in Shrewsbury after more suspected unexploded ordnance was found. It is believed to be the fifth time bomb disposal experts have been called to the development where new homes are being built. A Read More …

Iraq: Car bomb kills PUK counter-terrorism official in Erbil

A car exploded in the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil on Friday afternoon, killing the driver and injuring several others. The Region’s counter-terrorism directorate (CTD) said the explosion was due to a “sticky bomb” attached to the vehicle. The explosion Read More …

Germany: More than 3,000 people evacuated in Dresden after discovery of World War II bomb

The local police said that the device was found during construction work in the city and added that “the bomb disposal team specialists have examined the bomb, of American manufacture, and have determined that the detonator is significantly deformed”. Thus, Read More …

DHS S&T: The Next Generation of Explosives Trace Detection is Here

The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has always placed a special focus on aviation security. That’s one of the reasons why the work that is being done by S&T’s Next Generation (NextGen) Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) program team is such Read More …

Cambodia: About 70 pct of mine clearance work completed in Tboung Khmum

Senior Minister Ly Thuch, First Vice President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), announced that 70 percent of the mine clearance work in Tboung Khmum. On October 5, Senior Minister Thuch, inspected the demining activities in Read More …

US officials say Ukraine behind car bomb assassination of Putin ally’s daughter

US intelligence believes parts of the Ukrainian government gave the go-ahead for a car bomb that killed the daughter of a staunch Putin ally in August, according to a report Wednesday. Kyiv has unequivocally denied any involvement in the blast Read More …

California: Humboldt’s Bomb Squad Called In to Dispose of Explosive Device in Willow Creek

On Oct. 4, 2022, at about 7:40 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a business on the 39000 block of State Highway 299 in Willow Creek for the report of a possible explosive device. The reporting party told Read More …

Greece: World War II Mortar shells uncovered at a construction site in Thessaloniki

According to information, on Tuesday (4/10), a Hellenic Army’s Land Mine Clearance Department (TENX) team unearthed more German World War II shells from the construction site. The total number of shells found was 69. As sources with knowledge of the Read More …

DR Congo: Improvised explosive device planted in cinema in the city of Butembo, North Kivu wounds 3 people

An improvised explosive device, IED, planted in a local cinema in Butembo in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo went off injuring three people, Anadolu news agency reports. Paul Ngoma, the Chief of police in the town told the Turkish news Read More …

Kenya: Playing children pick grenade, take it to chief’s office in the Golicha area, Mandera County

A group of children escaped death after they picked up a rocket-propelled grenade from a field in the Golicha area, Elwak, Mandera County. The children were grazing their livestock when they stumbled on the explosive. They picked it up and Read More …

Nigeria: Scores feared dead after stepping on IEDs along Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok Road

Scores of motorists and travellers were, yesterday, feared dead as they stepped on Improved Explosives Devices, IEDs, planted by terrorists, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, on the Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok road. The terrorists, who also razed houses, were Read More …

Somalia: At Least 20 Killed in Triple Car Bombings in Hiran Region

At least 20 people were killed in a triple car bombing attack Monday in central Somalia, among them two local government officials. Witnesses said two vehicles loaded with explosives detonated in the morning, and a third in the afternoon. The Read More …

Mali: Back to school in Ménaka – demining operations in the Grounds of the Intitaliwene School

As a prelude to the start of the school year in Ménaka, northern Mali, the MINUSMA force carried out an operation to detect and demine explosive devices within the Intitaliwene Elementary School, previously occupied by armed movements. The operation found Read More …

New York: Fatal shooting, explosive materials at Poughkeepsie hotel

A fatal shooting at a Poughkeepsie hotel led to the disturbing discovery of guides and materials that could be used to make explosive devices, according to police. The incident began around 7:30 a.m. Sunday when local police responded to a Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: LeT planned blasts in Udhampur with an eye on Amit Shah’s visit

Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit was behind the recent twin blasts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur which were carried out ahead of high profile visit of the Union home minister to convey “all is not well” in the Union Territory, DGP Read More …

DR Congo: 13 Killed in Rebel Attack in Beni Region

Suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the town of Beu-Manyama in the Beni region on Sunday night, residents said. “Three soldiers were killed in the ADF incursion and two others wounded,” local leader Charles Endukadi told AFP, Read More …