India: 2 more persons held for planting IED under Punjab cop’s vehicle

Two more persons were arrested in connection with an improvised explosive device (IED) planted under the vehicle of Punjab Police sub-inspector Dilbag Singh in Ranjit Avenue locality of Amritsar. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a man from Shirdi on Read More …

Russia: Daughter of Russian public figure Alexander Dugin died in car explosion

Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russian public figure Alexander Dugin, died as a result of the car explosion in the Moscow Region, Andrey Krasnov, the head of the Russian Horizon social movement and the person familiar with her, told TASS Read More …

Who’s responsible when you’re blown up by a World War Two bomb today?

The scars of war cover Maeverlyn Pitanoe’s body. The 50-year-old mother-of-two was blown up while at a Mother’s Day fundraising barbecue in Solomon Islands last year by an unexploded World War Two bomb. The flesh on her arms and legs Read More …

Somalia: Car bomb and gun attack target popular hotel in Mogadishu

Car bomb and gun attack targeted a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday night, weeks after the government of new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud threatened to launch an all-out offensive against insurgents. Armed men entered Hayat Hotel near Read More …

Russia: Anti-personnel petal mines found near Belgorod

A large amount of anti-personnel petal mines has been found after Ukraine’s shellings of the Shebekino district of the Belgorod Region. Measures have been taken to render them harmless, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said live on his page in the social Read More …

South Sudan: UNMAS Clears Anti-personnel Mines in Remote Canal, though Community Challenges Remain

MALAKAL – As powerful barges manned by the Bangladeshi Marine Force Unit deployed to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) make their careful way across the overflowing waters of the White Nile, the air is laced with expectation. Read More …

Maryland: Frederick County man with explosive devices charged in home invasion

A Frederick County man is charged with forcing his way into a relative’s home, with explosive devices, and threatening to stab the person with a steak knife. Dominic M. Valenti, 25, is accused in the incident on West C Street Read More …

India: Car cleaner alerts Punjab cop of suspicious material under car, turns out to be IED

The quick thinking by a car cleaner prevented a major mishap as he alerted its owner, a sub-inspector, of a suspicious object under his sports utility vehicle (SUV), which later turned out to be Improvised Explosive Device (IED), the police Read More …

Ukraine: France will help with mine clearance in Chernihiv Oblast

The French government is ready to help Ukraine clear the Chernihiv Oblast of the landmines and will provide its specialists and equipment for this purpose. Viacheslav Chaus, the head of Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration Viacheslav said so after a meeting Read More …

California: Pomona Patrol Officers Respond to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center for a Pipe Bomb

On Monday, August 15, 2022, at approximately 9:04 PM, Pomona Police Dispatch received a call from Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Security staff. Security staff advised dispatch they located a PVC pipe with endcaps and a fuse on person who Read More …

Nigeria: Four arrested following explosion of two Brass Terminal oil pipelines in Bayelsa State

Nigerian police said on Tuesday that two oil pipelines that feed the Brass Terminal Port which is operated by Italian energy company Eni, were recently blown up by explosives. Brass Terminal Port is one of the major onshore crude grades, Read More …

Russia: Sabotage continues as part of Kursk region railway is blown up

Unidentified people in Russia’s Kursk region have reportedly blown up part of the railway, as reported on Tuesday, August 16. The damage to the railway track in Russia’s Kursk region, specifically near the 14th kilometre of the Lgov-Lokinskaya line was Read More …

New explosive detection software at Irish airport ends need to separate liquids

Passengers at an Irish airport will no longer have to separate their liquids or electronics thanks to a new 3D x-ray screening system. The high-tech system has in-built explosive detection software, that eliminates the need for passengers to separate liquids Read More …

Russia: FSB prevented terror attack on oil pipeline in Volgograd region

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday a terror attack on an oil pipeline that was plotted by Ukrainian special services was prevented in Russia’s southern Volgograd region. “The FSB prevented an attempted sabotage and terror attack on an Read More …