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A farmer in Rukhak Kiri district of Battambang province found 47 Soviet Union-made landmines on June 9 while he was looking after his cows, according to the National Police. The police said the landmines found are the type PN2 with Read More …
An unexploded bomb was found in a lake in Liverpool and later detonated by a team from the Army. A member of public found the explosive in Greenbank Park in the city’s Mossley Hill area at about 17:20 BST on Read More …
According to Taliban security officials, a mortar shell explosion in Kunduz province has killed one child. Abdullah Abedi, spokesman for the Taliban Police in Kunduz province, said the event occurred before noon on Tuesday, 7th June, in the village of Read More …
A charity based in Manchester is sending a team to Ukraine to help clear explosives left by the war. The Mines Advisory Group will work with local people and Ukrainian authorities to dispose of mines and other munitions. They will Read More …
“On average, 90 per cent of those killed and injured by the use of explosive weapons used in populated areas are civilians. A political commitment to address the humanitarian harm arising from the use of these weapons in cities, towns Read More …
Villagers in Pailin were shocked with the discovery of a UXO in forest that they frequent. The report of the dangerous discovery was given to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) Office of Weapons, Explosives and Toxicity Management early in Read More …
Two boys, aged 6 and 8, were killed and two other children were seriously injured Friday when an old grenade they were playing with exploded in the southern Philippines, police and authorities said. The explosion occurred near Kumalarang, a town Read More …
A workshop on building a database for coordination in overcoming post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the central province of Quang Binh was organised in the locality on May 30. As part of a project on establishing and Read More …
A bomb was discovered on Hornsea’s coastline on Wednesday. The bomb, 18lb or just over eight kilograms in size, was in the tidal zone near Hornsea. Army bomb disposal experts were called in and safely detonated the device in the Read More …
The Marine base has been having issues with the public trespassing on the island, a place that’s unsafe because of the possible explosives buried beneath the sand. “We can’t make any of these areas safe,” Capt. Will Mueller said. “There’s Read More …
In a released video, pro-Russian combat engineers are seen using metal detectors and demining robots to clear mines and explosives from the battered city of Mariupol after “liberating” the area last week. The pro-Russian People’s Militia of the so-called Donetsk Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) signed an agreement with Crown Agents for the implementation of the mine clearance project of the Mine Action Integration and Disability Relief Project Phase II. The project is financed under a grant of the Read More …
Units of the Azerbaijan Army are continuing disposal of expired and unusable ammunition in a planned manner in compliance with safety measures, Azernews reports, citing the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. According to the ministry, the process will be carried out from Read More …
MAG is set to deliver explosive ordnance risk education in Ukraine in partnership with a Ukrainian mine action charity – with operations to clear landmines and other explosive ordnance to commence later this year. A partnership agreement has been signed Read More …
Russian foot soldiers enter Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol to clear land mines from the site. Video released by Russian Defense Ministry shows soldiers as they conduct mine clearance work as well as military vehicles at the industrial grounds of Read More …
According to the President’s Office, engineers have completed demining in the liberated territories of the Kyiv region. According to Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko: “Demining of the Kyiv region is entirely completed. 100% of Kyiv Read More …
A warning has been issued after a person found a suspected unexploded bomb in the river at Knaresborough and took it home. After taking it back and contacting police yesterday afternoon (Monday), a 100m cordon was placed around the property Read More …
A man was injured and rushed to hospital after his tractor detonated an anti-tank mine on May 15 in Sala Krao commune’s Stung Koy village of Pailin province’s Sala Krao district. District police chief Meak Saran identified the driver as Read More …
Prey Veng is now the second province to be declared landmine free – after Kep – though some undiscovered munitions and cluster bombs as well as other unexploded ordnance (UXO) remain to be cleared, according to Ly Thuch, first vice-president Read More …
Experts of Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) have found about 2,000 shells and 640 unexploded ordnances (UXO) weighing about 8 tonnes on the river basin of Mekong. In the ongoing operation to clear ammunitions that were dumped in the river Read More …