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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

6 November 2025 | Issue 363 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Somalia: Attackers fire grenades and board tanker heading to South Africa


Yemen: Fighting an invisible danger of landmines

 

Queensland: Seven people arrested in counter-terrorism sting

 

UK: Theft victim jailed over plan to make booby trap bombs

 

Iraq: PMF member killed, two injured in blast at Baghdad explosives site

 

China contributes to Iraq’s mine action capacity

 

India: Dipsy the brave sniffer dog honored by Prime Minister Modi

 

UK: Muslim convert convicted of planning terror attack

 

Pakistan: Three police officers hurt in Hangu explosion, ‘Afghan IED expert’ killed in Tank

 

Bangladesh: One killed, two hurt in bomb, gun attack on BNP office

 

Nigeria says US help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty

 

Pakistan: Security forces defuse 100kg bomb in Kalat

 

Estonia: ‘Large aerial bomb’ found in Ida-Viru County

Nigeria: Troops foil terrorist attacks, secure North East communities

 

Italy: A bomb attack on a Postamat station leaves criminals fleeing empty-handed


Cambodia, Thailand Designate Pilot Site for Border Demining

 

Pakistan: Abandoned telephone exchange building blown up in Lakki

 

Syria: SDF says captured five ISIS militants in Raqqa

 

Ukraine: Anti-tank mines from downed Russian drone destroyed in Sumy region

 

Spain: One soldier dead and another injured after explosion at the Álvarez de Sotomayor army base in Almeria

 

Solomon Islands: Bomb explodes at Townground area

 

Ukraine: Explosion at Ukrposhta sorting center in Kyiv, police detain suspect

 

Yemen: Executive Mine Action Center destroys war remnants in Hodeidah

 

Solomon Islands: Over 6k UXOs disposed off in 2024

UK pledges £4m to clear land mines to help flow of aid in Gaza

 

Kashmir: NDRF conducts Table-Top Exercise on CBRN in Kargil

 

Philippines: Special Action Force arrests bomb expert of Dawlah Islmiyah-Hassan Group in Sultan Kudarat

 

Syria: Three soldiers injured while clearing mines in Homs and Hama countryside

 

Brazil: At least 60 dead including four police officers, in operation against organised crime in Rio de Janeir

 

UK: Man convicted of making explosive and poisonous substances

 

Pakistan: 10 security men injured as Kech DC survives IED blast in Turbat

 

US military strikes 4 boats in the Pacific, killing 14, in ramp-up of campaign against alleged drug trafficking

 

Ireland: Garda team observes Europol’s simulated counter-terrorism naval exercise

 

UK: Embassy bomb threat ‘was graffiti art’ court told

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FEATURED ARTICLES

EXPLORING IED EMPLOYMENT – UNDERSTANDING THE ‘HOW’ OF IED ATTACKS

By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy


AUNAV.CBRS VEHICLE SAMPLE COLLECTION KIT – ENHANCING SAFE AND EFFICIENT SAMPLE COLLECTION IN HAZARDOUS CBRN ENVIRONMENTS

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ACCELERATING THREAT DETECTION WITH REAL-TIME VIDEO X-RAY IMAGING

By Marc Jansen, Head of Sales & Marketing at Teledyne ICM


MEASURING THE EFFICACY OF EORE: ODDS RATIOS, AND AN EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTION

By Dr Robert Keeley, RK Consulting (EOD) Ltd

PRESS RELEASES

Safe Pro’s Artificial Intelligence Delivers 800+% Productivity Surge in Ukraine Demining Surveys According to Independent Research Presented at Leading Global Conference


Vidisco Introduces AI Innovation for VEO Software


Safe Pro’s Artificial Intelligence Dataset Surpasses 36,000 Landmine Detections and 2 Million Analyzed Drone Images, Strengthening Military and Humanitarian Operations


Red Cat Collaborates with Safe Pro Group to Embed Real-Time AI-Powered Threat Detection Onboard the Black Widow™ Drone Platform


SmartRayVision Delivers 38 Advanced X-Ray Systems to Support Ukraine’s Security Efforts


Vidisco Announces US Patent Award


New ‘Bomb Robots’ boost Queensland Police Service safety response capability


Scanna Expands Portfolio with Acquisition of VisiConsult’s VCsecurity Business


SmartRayVision – New AI Image Processing


Vidisco reveals its unique portable digital X-Ray systems for the accurate detection of live ammunition in EOD, while maintaining the safety of forces in the field

AWS Publishes Case Study on Safe Pro AI’s SpotlightAI™; Company Included in Keynote at the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit

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