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One man has been killed in a landmine incident in the village of Ashagi Veysalli in Azerbaijan's Khojavend region on 12 March. According to a statement released by the Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA), in coordination with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the
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The HALO Trust has appealed to the international community to support the clearance of landmines, unexploded ordnance, IEDs and damage caused by aerial bombardment to enable the verification and dismantling of banned stockpiles of chemical weapons in Syria. Briefing the UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday 10 March,
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Two IEDs thrown during protests outside New York mayor Zohran Mamdani's home on Saturday, 7 March, are being investigated as an act of "ISIS-inspired terrorism", New York police have said. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, face charges of providing material support to a terrorist
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Two policemen have been killed and 31 people injured - including five policemen and 26 civilians - in an IED explosion at a bazaar in Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan, on Saturday 7 March. According to police officials via the Pakistani outlet Dawn, the explosion occurred when policemen on routine patrol
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Eight children were injured in a landmine explosion in the village of Al-Ankawi in western Syria on Wednesday 4 March. It was reported that the landmine had been planted by the now-deposed Assad regime and was left over from the Syrian Civil War. Dr Osama Al-Aboud, the surgical emergency supervisor
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Croatia has declared itself free of landmines after a three-decade campaign to clear the country of mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the 1991-95 Croatian war of independence that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. It is estimated that, in Croatia alone, around 13,000 square kilometers were once contaminated
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A total of 13 IEDs were found at a private residence belonging to 31-year-old Kenneth Seay in Green Bay, Wisconsin, after a bomb squad was dispatched there on Tuesday 24 February. According to the local news outlet WeAreGreenBay.com, Seay now faces 18 charges related to drugs and explosives, and
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Security forces in the Indian-administered region of Jammu and Kashmir have recovered a cache of arms and explosives in a bust of a militant hideout in Kasbalari village, Poonch district, officials said on Wednesday 25 February. According to the Kashmir News Service, joint teams of police and security forces launched
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Nine people have been killed, including three children, in a landmine explosion in Kordofan, Sudan, on Sunday 22 February. According to Arab News, a medical source speaking to AFP said that the group had been riding in a tuk-tuk along a road in the frontline region when they hit a
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At least three police officers serving in Kenya's General Service Unit have been injured in an IED blast while searching for water aboard a water bowser. According to the Kenyan outlet The Star, police said the incident happened at around 06:33 on Monday 23 February in Fafi,
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Civilian casualties from landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are increasing in Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine State. According to an article published by Burma News International Online on 17 February, at least five explosion from landmines and UXO were reported across the Minbya, Maungdaw and Ann between January and 16
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At least two people, including a child, have been killed and 17 others injured in an explosion near Miryan police station in Bannu district in northwestern Pakistan on Monday 16 February. This was reported by the Pakistani outlet, Dawn. According to a statement by the police, the bomb was a