Ukraine forces ambush Russian Typhoon with improvised road bomb
Ukrainian special ops soldiers destroy a Russian ‘Typhoon’ armoured vehicle with an improvised explosive device set up on a stretch of road. Read more… Source: The Sun/YouTube
Tag: RCIED
Pakistan: Two Suspects Involved In Lahore’s Anarkali Bomb Blast Arrested by CTD
The Punjab’s Counterterrorism Department (CTD) Tuesday claimed to have arrested two terrorists involved in the New Anarkali bomb blast. Three people had died and 33 others were injured in the blast in Lahore’s Anarkali in January. The arrested terrorists were Read More …
Afghanistan’s landmines threaten starvation as well as life and limb
As you drive along Afghanistan’s motorways, you have to deal with the culvert crater problem. In this mountainous country, prone to seasonal flash floods, most roads are undercut with drainage channels at 50-metre intervals. For much of the past two Read More …
Turkey: One killed in RCIED blast in Bursa Province
A prison guard was killed in an explosion that hit a bus in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa on Wednesday, Governor Yakup Canbolat said, adding that it was believed to be caused by an improvised explosive device. It was not Read More …
Mexico sends anti-mine squads to cartel turf
Special squads of Mexican army troops equipped with metal detectors and bomb suits have deployed to the western state of Michoacan, where warring drug cartels have planted land mines or improvised explosive devices. The squads apparently have found dozens of Read More …
Philippines: RCIED discovered, destroyed at Maguindanao power cooperative grounds
Ordnance experts on Thursday destroyed a home-made bomb found on the premises of the office of a power utility cooperative. The improvised explosive device left in the compound of the Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (Magelco) in Barangay Upper Capiton was fashioned Read More …
Israel: RCIED discovered and rendered safe by Israeli Police in Muqeible
A wireless explosive device was found removed near a kindergarten in the village of Muqeible, during a search operation for weapons used by Northern District police officers and the canine unit. The children were evacuated from the scene, the item Read More …
Pakistan: At least 4 dead, several injured in Quetta blast
At least four people were killed and several others injured after an explosion on Jinnah Road near Saleem Medical Complex in Quetta. The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) spokesperson said in a statement that at around 9:40pm an improvised explosive device (IED), Read More …
Somalia: Blast in Jubaland kills senior spy officer
At least four soldiers, including a district security chief, were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Saturday night. A vehicle carrying security personnel was targeted with a remote-controlled improvised explosive device Read More …
Somalia: Five dead as blast hits tea shop in Awdiinle
At least five people were killed and seven others wounded on Sunday in an explosion at a teashop in Awdiinle, a small town 30 km west of Baidoa. Baidoa, a town lies some 250km south west of the Somali capital Read More …
Pakistan: At least 7 injured in blast in Quetta’s Nawa Killi area
At least seven people, including a police official, were injured in a blast in Quetta’s Nawa Killi area on Saturday, Civil Hospital spokesperson Waseem Baig said. The injured also included women, the spokesperson added. Security forces and rescue officials rushed Read More …
Pakistan: Two policemen killed in remote-controlled IED blast in Bajaur
Two policemen were martyred in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Salarzai area of district Bajaur. According to police, the entire area cordoned off after the blast and a search operation has launched. Both the bodies were shifted to the hospital. Read More …
Yemeni journalist and child killed in car bombing in Aden
A Yemeni journalist and her child have been killed in a car bombing that targeted her family’s vehicle in Yemen’s southern city of Aden, officials said. The blast was the latest to rock the seat of the internationally recognised government. Read More …
Somali army kills 2 terrorists who were found planting landmines in Lower Shabelle region
The Somali National Army’s (SNA) 60 Unit killed two al-Shabab militants and recovered weapons after conducting a special operation at a village in Lower Shabelle region, southern Somalia, officials said Saturday. SNA said in a brief statement that the army Read More …
Pakistan: Two killed, three FC personnel injured in Panjgur blast
At least two people were killed while three FC personnel suffered injuries when an explosive device went off in Balochistan’s Panjgur district, it was reported on Sunday. Police officials said that a remote-controlled explosive device was planted in a motorcycle Read More …
Pakistan: 4 Daesh, al-Qaeda men arrested in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) during an action foiled a major terrorism bid by arresting four members of the Daesh and Al Qaeda during an action in Landikotal area of Khyber district. The official said that during the action, four terrorists were Read More …
Afghanistan: Taliban display suicide vests and IEDs in weapon parade on Afghan state TV
The Taliban has displayed suicide vests and bombs during a weapons parade, while bizarre footage showed its fighters doing combat displays as the group celebrates its conquest of Afghanistan. The chilling weapon parade, broadcast on Afghanistan state television, saw devices Read More …
Iraqi military says thwarted attack on coalition logistical support convoy
The Iraqi military on Sunday said that members of the security forces thwarted an attack on a convoy transporting logistical supplies for the international US-led coalition south of Baghdad. The Security Media Cell said in a statement that an intelligence Read More …
Updated electronic warfare course resumes at Camp Buehring
CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were a deadly threat during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, causing most casualties in both conflicts. IEDs remain a threat for coalition forces in Iraq and Syria during Operation Inherent Read More …
Thailand: Bomb kills soldier, injures 3 others in Songkhla province
A soldier was killed and three others injured when an improvised bomb exploded in Chana district on Tuesday night. Pol Capt Somchai Sunsin, duty officer at Chana, said the attack occurred about 7.30pm at Ban Langa village in tambon Ban Read More …