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At least 10 people are understood to have been killed and seven injured after a commercial vehicle struck an improvised explosive device allegedly planted by terrorists in Zamfara state, Nigeria, police sources said Thursday 11 June. The explosion is reported to have occurred around 18:15 on Monday 8 June
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At least seven people, including five children, were killed and four others wounded after an unexploded artillery shell detonated in eastern Paktika Province, Afghanistan, Taliban authorities said on Tuesday 9 June. According to a statement from Taliban police command in Paktika per Amu TV, the explosion occurred around 18:30
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Police in the Indian city of Mohali, Punjab, announced on Thursday 4 June that they had foiled a planned terror attack by arresting two people associated with a "foreign-based terror operative" and diffusing a 2.5kg RDX-based improvised explosive device. According to the Punjab director general
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Eight people are reported to have been killed and a further 42 injured in Mali after a passenger bus carrying civilians hit a ‌landmine west of the capital Bamako. As reported by Reuters, a transport union official said on Tuesday 2 June that the explosion happened on Monday on a
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Ukraine's Main Department of Mine Action, Civil Protection and Environmental Safety has reported that, as of 1 June 2026, since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, 1,556 people have been injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war.
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A roadside improvised explosive device blast in Wana, north-west Pakistan, has killed three people and injured four. Among the dead from the explosion, which occurred on Tuesday 19 May, was the Ahmadzai tribal chief Malik Tariq, reports News Today. Police said the explosion occurred near Gulshan Plaza in a
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Gulf Coast regional maritime response and render-team teams successfully retrieved and detonated an IED found underwater at the Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile, Alabama, on Tuesday 12 May. In an announcement online, the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) said the multi-agency effort included the Mobile County
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Six persons have been confirmed killed and six more confirmed injured in an IED explosion in the Anka local government area of Zamfara state, northwestern Nigeria. Residents of the area said the incident occurred at about 09:00 on Thursday 7 May when a commercial vehicle conveying passengers ran over
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The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has reported that at least 25 people were killed 52 others injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Sudan since from January to March 2026, warning that the actual toll is likely significantly higher. The casualties were revealed in the UNMAS Q1 2026
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Security forces in the Indian state of Manipur have recovered 19 IEDs and seized shipments of heroin and opium in various operations over the last seven day. Forces seized 18 IEDs in Tengnoupal district on Wednesday 29 April. During the operation they also recovered two single barrel rifles, four 9mm
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A World War II-era bomb weighing some 250kg has been safely disposed of in a controlled explosion in Plymouth, southwest England. The bomb was discovered on a building site in the Southway area of the city on Wednesday afternoon, 29 April, and led to the two-day evacuation of
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Multiple IEDs were found in a metal case by a passer-by in Boulder County, Colorado, USA, on Sunday, 19 April. In a statement posted on their website, Boulder County said that they received a call just after 08:00 on 19 April regarding a suspicious item located near Ponderosa