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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

17 November 2025 | Issue 364 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Pakistan: Jaffar Express narrowly escapes another bomb and rocket attack

 

Cambodia: CMAC destroys 44,000 mines, UXO in first 10 months

 

Poland: Explosion damaged Warsaw-Lublin rail line in suspected sabotage


UK: Two men arrested on suspicion of explosives offence after bomb squad called to Sunderland recycling centre

 

Germany: WWII bomb discovery in Nuremberg prompts evacuation of 21,000 people

 

Hong Kong: Suspected wartime bomb found in airport site

 

India: 9 killed, 32 injured as explosives seized in Faridabad detonate at Nowgam police station

 

NATO EOD COE Delegates Visit Hungarian EOD Unit

 

UK: Man pleads guilty to bomb plot as part of terror attack at Army barracks in Windsor

 

North Korean sappers join mine-clearing efforts in Russia’s Kursk region

 

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police investigates bombing at Piero’s restaurant


Slovakia: 3rd ETACS Project Workshop 2025 held at EOD COE in Trenčín


India: From Kashmir poster to Delhi car blast

Pakistan: Security agencies arrest ‘facilitator, handler’ of Islamabad suicide attack



Thailand: Bomb disposal unit clears 7 landmines in Sa Kaeo over 2 days

 

UK tests response to discovery of deadly biological toxin


Spain: National Police deactivated mortar shell found on the

University of Huelva campus

 

Ukraine to create interagency national underwater mine clearance group

 

UK: Army bomb experts detonate explosives found at property

 

Belgium: Explosion outside house in Antwerp

 

Pakistan: At least 12 killed, 27 injured in suicide blast outside district court in Islamabad’s G-11

 

India: At least 12 people killed, 20 injured in car explosion in Delhi

 

UK: Bomb disposal unit called after grenade found

 

Togo: Protecting civilians from the risks of IEDs

 

UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns

Jammu and Kashmir: Police recover 2,900 kg of explosive material in multi-state raids

 

Thailand suspends Malaysia-brokered peace deal with Cambodia after landmine blast injures two soldiers


Bangladesh: suspect arrested in bomb attacks on Catholic sites

 

Nigeria: Police train officers to handle explosives

 

Belgium: Explosion in Antwerp, three suspects arrested

 

Ireland: Cross-border bomb plot linked to far-right group

 

Michigan: IEDs found in Flint home

  

Myanmar: Innocent Civilian Injured After Stepping on IED Planted by KNU and PDF Terrorists in Bilin, Mon State

 

Indonesia: Jakarta school explosions injure 54

 

South Africa: Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested over suspected attempt to smuggle explosives

 

UK: ‘Bomb squad’ carry out controlled explosion on Scottish beach

 

Montana: Hamilton man arrested after allegedly trying to sell homemade pipe bomb

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