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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

17 June 2025 | Issue 349 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Portugal arrests six linked to a far-right group, seizes explosives and weapons

 

Papua New Guinea: World War 2 bomb explodes in Madang

 

Russia: North Korea to send 1,000 sappers, 5,000 builders to restore Kursk Region 

 

Cambodia: Anti-tank mine injures excavator driver at site of new Oddar Meanchey zoo

 

Bangladesh: Crude bomb explodes in Dhaka, 7 more devices recovered near Dhaka University

 

Pakistan: Blast kills 2, injures 11 in Balochistan’s Barkhan

 

Pakistan: Two police officials killed in grenade attack in Balochistan’s Sui

 

Nigeria: Over 100 feared dead in fresh Benue attack

  

NYPD to contract Terrogence Global to search deep web for terrorists trying to make bombs 

 

Ukraine: Pace of mine clearance increases by 50%

 

India: CRPF official killed in IED blast during antiMaoist operation in Odisha’s Sundargarh

 

Israeli Commandos Attacked Iranian Air Defenses With Drones From Inside The Country

 

UK: Divers honoured after Plymouth WW2 bomb bravery

 

IAEA Director General Statement to UNSC on Situation in Iran

 

Russia: Ukraine uses homemade 3D-printed AP mines

Israel attack targets Iran nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders

 

Pennsylvania: Westmoreland County man arrested after police find drugs, guns, explosive device in his home

 

Netherlands: Police arrest 8, seize guns, explosives

 

Malaysia: Explosives, drugs found in car after 25km police chase ends in dramatic crash in Serdang

 

UK: Explosives arrest after homes evacuated

 

Ohio: Green Township man charged with crimes related to 3 pipe bomb incidents

 

Illicit Innovation: Latin America Is Not Prepared to Fight Criminal Drones

 

U.S. Navy lab’s mine warfare technologies put to the test at IBP 25.5, paving way for future advancements

 

Cyprus: Early-morning bomb blast damages café in Nicosia

 

Cambodia: Pailin farmer killed by landmine while ploughing

 

US Army mobile laboratory strengthens partnership with ROK laboratory team

 

Afghanistan: 1 in 5 Afghans at risk of landmines & explosives

 

Colombia: At least four dead in wave of explosions outside police stations in southwest

 

Pakistan: Kech blast leaves tribal elder, son dead

 

Cambodia: Koh Kong’s Srae Ambel district declared mine-free

U.S. Navy EOD, Canadian Clearance Divers Strengthen Maritime Readiness in Halifax

 

Afghanistan: Explosion in Paktia kills one, injures four

 

India: Senior cop killed, 2 others injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma

 

New Jersey: Materials for IED found in 2 homes in Moorestown

 

Japan: Blast occurs at US Kadena Air Base, injuring 4

 

Alberta: Dynamite discovered in Calgary home



Ukraine: Car bomb targets prosecutor in Dnipro, Russian agents detained

 

Pennsylvania: Homemade fireworks caused Butler County house explosion, injuring 2

 

Evaluation of Organic Explosive Training Aids


Ukraine: Car bomb kills one in Odesa Region


Israel: Four soldiers killed in action in the Gaza Strip


Russia: Rail tracks blown up in Belgorod Region

 

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine


Colombia: Troops of the Omega Task Force neutralized four explosive devices in the southeast

 

Oregon: FBI and Local Partners Interrupt IED and Mass Shooting Event

 

Russia: Rail tracks blown up in Voronezh Region

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