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Henry Martin Douglas Macharaga, a 52-year-old Zimbabwean explosives and demining expert, died in Argentina on 19 August after an explosive detonated accidentally while he was conducting extraction work along National Route 34. Macharaga, originally from Chirumanzu in the Midlands but Read More …
On 31 August, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) in the Falkland Islands were tasked to Cape Pembroke, North of Stanley Airport, for a possible landmine found by two serving soldiers from MPC. Upon contacting Read More …
Russia, Myanmar, and Ukraine have used antipersonnel landmines in the past year, and armed groups used them in at least five countries, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing Landmine Monitor 2023, the annual report about the international treaty to Read More …
On Wednesday, 21 June, the federal government launched a programme to improve passenger and baggage security at Brazilian airports. The programme, called Airports + Security (Aeroportos + Seguros), includes, among other measures, the installation of new X-ray equipment and scanners, Read More …
Police successfully deactivated a vest-like explosive device Thursday that an unknown number of people allegedly had taped to the chest of a security guard at a jewelry store in Ecuador’s main port city. The guard was uninjured. Authorities would question Read More …
Militants in Colombia killed nine soldiers and wounded nine others in an attack early Wednesday on a military unit securing a northern pipeline, officials said, complicating efforts by the country’s new leftist president to negotiate a lasting peace. The assailants Read More …
Journalists across Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post. One presenter, Lenin Artieda, was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. He said the explosive device looked like a USB drive. Read More …
Berna Nastacuas Pai held a dangerous job as a member of a patrol that guards his Indigenous Awa community in southern Colombia. His duty, to inspect the El Gran Sabalo Reservation for security breaches, exposed him to armed rebels and Read More …
A teenage attacker wearing an all-black SS-style Nazi uniform complete with a swastika armband was arrested after hurling homemade molotov cocktails filled with nails at a packed school in Brazil. Two of the bombs – filled with petrol, nails, and Read More …
The Royal Falkland Islands Police informed that the controlled explosion of an unexploded ordnance near the Old Dairy has been completed and the section of the MPA Road is now open to vehicles. RFIP had informed that there would be Read More …
A man carrying an explosive device and a knife has been arrested while attempting to enter the inauguration of Brazil’s new president, according to military police. The man was trying to enter Brasilia’s esplanade for the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Read More …
The man arrested for being involved in a bombing attempt at Brasilia International Airport over the weekend said in a written statement to police that he intended to “create chaos” so a “siege state in the country” would be installed Read More …
The death toll from an attack against a military base in Cauca has risen to six military personnel, leaving eight wounded, including one civilian. The attack took place in the village of Munchique, where this column of FARC dissidents is Read More …
A state of emergency and curfews have been declared in two Ecuador provinces after a series of attacks that killed five police officers. President Guillermo Lasso said the attacks by increasingly powerful drug gangs were a declaration of wa Six Read More …
Chile’s police on Thursday foiled a bomb attack in Santiago as they found an explosive device placed in the eastern side of the capital city, Interior Minister Carolina Toha said, adding that authorities have opened an investigation to find those Read More …
Troops of the Brazilian Army’s 1st Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Battalion (1st Btl DQBRN) participated as instructors in the Basic Course on Emergency Response to Chemical Incidents for Portuguese-speaking Countries in Angola, June 27-July 1. The Organisation for Read More …
Brazilian football team Bahia revealed at least three of their players were injured by a homemade explosive that detonated inside the team’s bus on the way to their match on Thursday. Bahia said on Twitter that goalkeeper Danilo Fernandes is Read More …
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill on Saturday commissioned over $400M worth of screening equipment at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) at Timehri, East Bank Demerara. These pieces of equipment have built-in state-of-the-art technologies and were funded by the Read More …
Land mines and cluster bombs have turned war zones into deathtrap for decades. Thousands of civilians are accidentally killed each year, but international efforts have turned the tide against these deadly time bombs. “The worst are those that are buried Read More …
