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27 April 2023 | Issue 272 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS Nigeria: Five soldiers die in Borno explosion Luxembourg: World War II bomb safely detonated on construction site   India: At least 11 Jawans killed in IED blast by Naxals in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh   Afghanistan: Taliban kills suspected ISIS-K ‘mastermind’ of August 2021 Kabul airport bombing   Azerbaijan: Civilian injured in landmine blast in Tartar   Cameroon: Six military personnel killed in bomb explosion in the Far North region   UK: Loud explosion heard as gang blow up cash machine in Rochdale   Germany arrests 28-year-old Syrian over ‘radical Islamist’ bomb plot   Cyprus: Car bomb explosion in Limassol   Syria: Landmine Explosion Kills 3 Children in al-Hasakah Governorate South Carolina: Man arrested after pipe bomb, homemade firearm found in Summerville home   Kansas: Wichita police bomb squad responds after homemade pipe bomb is found in empty lot   Fort Bliss, Texas-based team wins all-Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Competition   Pakistan: Seven killed, 44 wounded In blasts inside police station in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province   UK: Sharnbrook man charged after explosion at a house   Northern Ireland: Newtownards petrol bomb attack may be linked to drugs feud   Mali: At least 10 killed, dozens wounded in central Mopti attack   Ukraine’s Defence Ministry reports number of landmine fatalities since start of full-scale invasion   Ukraine: Several dozen anti-tank minefields, barriers set up in the Northern Operational Zone past week UN: IED attacks continue to take their toll on civilians in Mali   Yemen, The Land of Millions of Mines   Pentagon Aid Package to Ukraine Includes Decades-Old Anti-Tank Land Mines   Two percent of BiH territory is mined: “After suffering from landmines, you don’t live, you survive”   Nigeria: 214 people killed since January in attacks in Kaduna state   Lithuania to assist Azerbaijan in addressing Mine Action   Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca   Russia: Two people injured in Belgorod blast   India: Policeman injured while defusing an IED in Chhattisgarh Austria to join mine clearance efforts in Ukraine   Mali: Two Peacekeepers injured in mine explosion in Mopti   India: Five IEDs recovered in Jharkhand   UK: Further searches after bomb squad removes ‘suspect item’ from flat   Russia says foiled attack on Crimea’s energy system   North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers partner with Togo, Benin soldiers to counter IEDs   India: Three-day training programme on emergency management begins in Visakhapatnam   UK: Homes evacuated and man arrested after bomb squad called to a flat in Glasgow   UK: Controlled explosion held at Cavenham Heath Nature Reserve LAST CHANCE TO BOOK YOUR ADVERTISEMENT in Spring/Summer 2023 edition Reach 1000's of decision makers in Defence, Law Enforcement, Government, Intergovernmental Organisations and Humanitarian Demining community worldwide by sharing your content and advertising in the Counter-IED Report magazine, newsletter and website. For more information and media kit please call +44 (0) 203 432 2015 or email us. FEATURED ARTICLES MOTORCYCLE VBIED ATTACKS TARGETING SECURITY FORCES, COLOMBIA By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash OPPORTUNITIES FOR C-IED CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION IN LINE WITH EMERGING THREATS By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence THE THREAT FROM BELOW: MINE AND IED PROTECTION AND DETECTION By Andrew Howell MBE, Managing Director of BCB International Ltd

PRESS RELEASES Vidisco reveals its unique portable digital X-Ray system for the accurate detection of live ammunition in EOD, while maintaining the safety of forces in the field Safe Pro Group Acquires Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Startup Delivering Next-Gen Drone-Based AI Video Processing Capabilities 3DX-Ray announce the sale of a quantity of Threat Scan®-LSC Systems to the Brazilian State Military Police – EOD Team 3DX-Ray to supply two units of ThreatScan®-AS1(ISC) Portable X-Ray systems to an EOD Unit in Africa Safe Pro Group Completes Follow-On Deliveries and Testing of Demining and Counter IED Products with Bangladesh Ministry of Defense Safe Pro Group Unveils New Advanced Lightweight Demining Ensemble Korean Counter-Terrorist Units Receive PIAP GRYF Robots Safe Pro Group Completes $2 Million in Deliveries in Support of the United Nations’ Ongoing Demining Efforts Thailand once again places its trust in the aunav.NEXT explosive ordnance disposal robot Bomb Disposal Robots PIAP IBIS® Delivered to the Polish Police

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