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The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority reported on Wednesday 4 February that at least 87 people were killed and 333 others injured due to landmine and explosive remnants blasts in 2025 across the country. In a video message posted on X, spokesperson Hafiz Mohammad Yusuf Hammad said that a total
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Indian security forces in the far eastern state of Manipur recovered a cache of arms and explosives on Tuesday 3 February, according to local police via Northeast News. The recoveries were made from areas close to the Myanmar border, near Bongmol and SL Zougam villages in Tengnoupal district. 18 improvised
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The Saudi project for humanitarian landmine clearance in Yemen, Project Masam, has announced they cleared a total of 7,554 explosive items during January 2026. Cleared in January included 52 anti-personnel mines, 369 anti-tank mines, 7,117 items of unexploded ordnance and 16 improvised explosive devices. According to Project Masam,
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A large cache of explosives was discovered on 31 January during a joint anti-insurgent operation between the Narayanpur Police and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in the forests in Abujhmad, Chhattisgarh, India. Officials said that the site was being used by Maoist Naxalite insurgents to store supplies for future attacks.
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Police in London, Ontario, Canada, have laid additional charges on four men during an investigation after the discovery of firearms and dangerous chemicals - allegedly capable of making explosives - earlier this week at a residence in the city's northwest end. The London Police Service said on Tuesday
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At least three Nigerien soldiers were killed and 10 others injured on Sunday 25 January after an army patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Bartchawal, Tillabéri Region, about 20 kilometres from the capital, Niamey. It has been reported that the incident occurred late in the day along the
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A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged on two counts following an investigation into an incident at an Indigenous rights rally involving a suspecting improvised explosive device in Perth, Australia, on Wednesday 26 January. According to a statement from the Western Australia Police Force, the man, who was attending
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At least eight soldiers of the Nigerian army and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force were killed in a vehicle-borne IED attack on Tuesday 20 January. A further 50 people were wounded. The attack was launched by Boko Haram on a military formation in Borno State as the Nigerian
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State authorities in Michoacán, central Mexico, seized and deactivated over 1,600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in 2025, more than double from last year. According to data from the Michoacán Security Ministry, 1,645 IEDs were neutralised by state authorities last year and 206kg of explosive material was seized. In
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A 20-year-old male was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India, on Sunday 18 January, prompting a search operation by local security forces. Indian media have reported that the victim, named as Aayta Kuhrami, had gone to a nearby forest before stepping on a pressure IED