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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

28 July 2025 | Issue 353 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Iraq: Two killed in Baghdad ministry gunfight

 

DR Congo: At least 38 killed in church attack in Komanda

 

Somalia: Extremist rebels capture remote but key town in Hiiraan region

 

Greece: Bomb explosion targets a prison guard’s home in Thessaloniki

 

UK: Mortar shell neutralised by controlled explosion on beach north of Lowestoft

 

Iran: At least five killed in courthouse attack in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan

 

Northern Ireland: Police probing arson attack targeting west Belfast home

 

Ohio: Suspect in Lorain’s triple police shooting found with heavy explosives, arsenal

  

Nigeria: NAFDAC seals warehouse stocked with 88,560 litres of explosive chemicals

 

California: Old Pipe Bomb Found in Storm Drain in Alameda

 

India: Explosives found hidden at Bengaluru bus stand

 

US Army EOD techs participate in interagency IED exercise

 

Netherlands: Utrecht apartment buildings evacuated after explosives found in car

Egypt: Interior Ministry has foiled plans of terrorist operations in Giza

 

Characterising Explosive Components with Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography

 

New York Man Charged For Making And Attempting To Use IEDs In Manhattan

 

Israel: IDF soldier killed in explosion in the southern Gaza Strip

 

Thailand: Mine Action Centre files complaint against Cambodia over border mine dispute

 

Somalia: Explosion kills three African Union soldiers in Baidoa

 

Sweden: Five explosions reported in Malmö over the past week

 

Ukraine: Warhead of Russian missile defused in Kyiv

 

South Korea: Police uncover cache of homemade explosives


Cameroon: Bomb blast kills 2 children in Far North region

 

Japan’s aid agency, U.N. sign deal to expand mine action cooperation

 

Pakistan: Islamist militants use drones to target security forces

 

UK: Controlled explosion carried out in Old Trafford

 

California: IED used to gain entry to ATM at San Ramon Target

 

India: Security forces recover IED in Namsai

Pakistan: Security official killed in Quetta magnetic IED blast

 

Syria: Death toll from violence in the south tops 1,000

 

California: Santa Monica apartment is focus of probe into blast that killed 3 L.A. County sheriff’s deputies

 

California: Driver slams into crowd outside Hollywood nightclub, critically injuring 7 and wounding more than 20

 

Cambodia refutes Thailand’s allegation over recent landmine incident

 

New airport scanners are better at spotting liquid explosives, but many airports lack them

 

Virginia: Smithfield man pleads guilty to possessing over 150 IEDs and an unregistered firearm

 

Philippines: National Police Commission vows upgrades for PNP explosive, K9 units

 

California: Three deputies killed in explosion at LA County Sheriff’s Department Training Center

 

Thailand: Three soldiers injured in landmine explosion during patrol at Thai-Cambodian border

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