Police called after cat finds grenade in home’s basement

29/09/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Ohio (OH), Montgomery County, Dayton  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. The bomb squad was called to a home in Dayton, Ohio, on Monday after a suspicious item was found in…

US, allies clean up WWII explosives left on Solomon Islands battlefields

29/09/2024 Isole Salomone (Solomon Islands)  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. By SETH ROBSON Explosive ordnance technicians from six countries helped remove more than 3,200 World War II-era bombs, shells and bullets from the Solomon Islands…

Grenade found in city canal

28/09/2024 Regno Unito, (UK), Inghilterra, (England), Yorkshire e Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber), West Yorkshire, Leeds  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. A controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspected grenade after it was…

Preserving a wobbly bog dotted with WW2 bombs

28/09/2024 Regno Unito, (UK)–Galles (Wales), Galles del Sud (South Wales), Swansea  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Garry Owen Preserving a wobbly bog, described as “a real gem in Wales’ natural crown” is being made slightly…

Civilian killed and another injured in landmine explosion in eastern countryside of Hama

A civilian working in livestock herding was killed and another was injured, as a result of the explosion of an old landmine, in Wadi Al-Gharbi area in the eastern countryside of Hama Source: syriahr.com Siria–Hama Zona Wadi Al-Gharbi. L’esplosione di una mina uccide un civile e ferisce un collega. Le vittime pascolavano animali. Biography of…

Gefährlicher Fund in Wien: Granate sichergestellt!

27/09/2024 Austria (Österreich), Vienna (Wien), Brigittenau Im Zuge von Bauarbeiten entdeckte ein Arbeiter einen seltsamen Gegenstand, den dieser offenbar nicht sofort zuordnen konnte. Der Verdacht besteht, dass es sich bei dem Objekt womöglich um ein gefährliches Sprengstoffobjekt handeln könnte. Fund von Werfergranate Nachdem der Arbeiter den Fund bei der Polizeiinspektion im 20. Wiener Gemeindebezirk gemeldet…

Kütahya’da patlamamış top mermisi bulundu

27/09/2024 Turchia (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), Egeo (Ege Bölgesi), Kütahya (Kütahya ili), Dumlupınar, Almali  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Kütahya’nın Dumlupınar ilçesinde, bir çoban tarafından tarlada Kurtuluş Savaşı döneminden kaldığı değerlendirilen patlamamış top mermisi bulundu. İlçe yakınlarındaki…

Tragic Blast in Nkwen Bamenda kills one, injured 11-month Baby

Tragic Blast in Nkwen Bamenda kills one, injured 11-month Baby Source: observer237.com Camerun Territorio Nordovest, area Mezam, zona Bamenda. L’esplosione di una mina Ied uccide una donna e ferisce numerose persone. Tra Queste anche un neonato di nove mesi. Biography of a Bomb

Vigyázat – az aknák nem döglöttek!

26/09/2024 Ungheria (Magyarország), Budapest, Provincia di Pest Somfai Péter Napi hír: egy építkezés előkészítéseként Érd külterületén bukkantak összesen negyvenkilenc második világháborús gránátra. A tűzszerészek 15 millimétertől 120 milliméterig terjedő űrméretben azonosították a magyar, a német, a szovjet, a cseh és a román gyártmányú világháborús gránátokat. Szinte ezzel egyidőben Debrecenben egy szovjet, 100 kilós gyújtó légibombát…

Unexploded ordnances recovered in separate locations in Palawan

26/09/2024 Filippine, Mimaropa, Mindoro Occidentale  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. By Arphil Ballarta Authorities recovered two unexploded ordnances in separate locations in Palawan over the weekend, September 21. The first unexploded projectile was found in…

Bomb squad detonates device found at Ynyslas beach in Wales

26/09/2024 Regno Unito, (UK), Galles (Wales), Galles centrale (Mid Wales), Ceredigion, Ynyslas Beach  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. By Josh Price On the evening of Friday, September 20, HM Coastguard Borth and HM Coastguard Aberystwyth…

War Forever, Everywhere: Unexploded Ordnance and the Weaponry We Leave Behind

25/09/2024  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. by Andrea Mazzarino Count on one thing: armed conflict lasts for decades after battles end and its effects ripple thousands of miles beyond actual battlefields. This has been true…

Tres artefactos explosivos fueron desactivados en Segovia

25/09/2024 Colombia, Antioquia  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Por Francy Agudelo En la vereda Cancha Manila del municipio de Segovia en el departamento de Antioquia, uniformados de la Brigada 145 del Ejército Nacional encontraron tres…

300-kilo WWI bomb removed in Belgrade

25/09/2024 Serbia (Србија), Serbia Centrale (Централна Србија), Belgrado (Београд)  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. A century-old artillery round weighing nearly 300 kilograms (660 pounds), was safely removed on Sunday from a construction site near the…

A Civilian Killed by Houthi Landmine in Southwestern Yemen

The Yemeni Mine Observatory (a non-governmental organization) said, “The citizen, Ali Rajih al-Habassi, in his late fifties, was killed by a Houthi landmine while herding livestock in the Muza district of the Taiz governorate.” Source: yemenmonitor.com Yemen–Taiz Distretto Muza. Un civile è ucciso dall’esplosione di una mina. La vittima pascolava animali. Biography of a Bomb

Handgranaat in woning aangetroffen in Nieuw-Vennep

24/09/2024 Olanda, (Nederland), Olanda Settentrionale (Noord-Holland), Haarlemmermeer De politie heeft zondagavond in een woning aan de Heideveld een handgranaat aangetroffen. Vanwege het aantreffen van de granaat zijn de omliggende woningen ontruimd en de straat afgesloten. In eerste instantie is de handgranaat onderzocht door een explosieve verkenner van de politie. Hierna is de Explosieven Opruimingsdienst Defensie…

Azerbaijan to involve 6 more mine detection dogs in operations

24/09/2024 Azerbaijan  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. In order to restore the liberated territories, create infrastructure and provide a safe living environment, work is ongoing in the direction of expanding the operations carried out by…

Moment WW2 40mm bomb defused by Royal Navy on Hayling Island beach

24/09/2024 Regno Unito, (UK), Inghilterra, (England), Hampshire  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Havant. By Sophie Lewis. Video footage has captured the moment that a WW2 40mm bomb was defused on Hayling Island beach on Wednesday….

Landmine explosion | Four children killed and wounded in Manbij city

Three children were killed and another was injured, all from the same family, when a landmine placed by unknown individuals in a plastic bag exploded near the park in the south of Manbij city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo Source: syriahr.com Siria–Aleppo–Manbij L’esplosione di una mina uccide 3 bambini e ferisce un coetaneo. Le…

Granaat ontdekt op het Hoekse strand tijdens kustversterking

23/09/2024 Olanda, (Nederland), Olanda Meridionale (Zuid-Holland), Hoeksche Waard  Zaterdag is er een granaat opgedoken op het Hoekse strand, nadat Rijkswaterstaat het strand aan het opspuiten was voor de kustversterking. De Explosieven Opruimingsdienst Defensie (EOD) is ter plaatse gekomen en heeft de granaat op het strand gecontroleerd tot ontploffing gebracht, zo laat de Politie Waterweg weten…

Llanberis incident: Bomb squad detonate device that shut road for two hours

23/09/2024 Regno Unito, (UK), Galles (Wales), Galles del nord (North Wales), Gwynedd  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. By Alex Hickey The bomb squad detonated “unexploded ordinance” found at the side North Wales road. The device…

Complete demining of Ukraine with traditional methods may take hundred years – UNDP

23/09/2024 Ucraina (Україна)  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. With traditional methods of demining it may take a hundred years to fully clear all war-affected regions of Ukraine, while innovative approaches could significantly accelerate the process,…

At Least 6 Landmine Blasts Occur in Thanbyuzayat Within Three Weeks

One of the incidents took place on September 10 at around 11:30 AM in Atwin Sakan Gyi village in Thanbyuzayat Township, where a 35-year-old man named Ko Ba Htoo was hit by a landmine while heading to a rubber plantation. Source: monnews.org Birmania (Myanmar)–Stato Mon-Thanbyuzayat Zona Atwin Sakan Gyi. L’esplosione di una mina ferisce un…

Granate gefunden: Durchfahrt durch Markersdorf gesperrt

22/09/2024 Austria (Österreich), Bassa Austria (Niederösterreich), Sankt Pölten-Land Nadia Straubinger Aus Sicherheitsgründen wurde die Durchfahrt durch Markersdorf gesperrt. Der Entminungsdienst ist unterwegs. Wenige Wochen nach dem Fund einer Fliegerbombe in Markersdorf wurde nun eine Granate eines Granatwerfers entdeckt. Soldaten im Assistenzdienst, die derzeit aufgrund des verheerenden Hochwassers in Markersdorf im Einsatz stehen, haben diese gefunden….

Military called in after historic live mortar round uncovered at Vernon Cadet Camp

22/09/2024 Canada, Columbia Britannica, (British Columbia), Okanagan, Vernon  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. The North Okanagan’s military past keeps popping up throughout the region, with potentially deadly consequences. For years, the area around Vernon was…

Unexploded WWII-era Japanese hand grenade removed from Guam construction site

22/09/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Isole Marianne (Mariana Islands), Guam  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. By BRIAN MCELHINEY Explosive ordnance technicians recently removed a World War II-era Japanese grenade from a construction site at Andersen…

Mine blasts in Syrian Desert kill 9 including children 

Another child, Zubair al-Rafi, was killed and another person was injured by the explosion of a landmine left from previous wars while collecting scrap metal for sale in the outskirts of the village of Kabajib, west of Deir ez-Zor. Source: npasyria.com Siria–Deir el-Zor–Kabajib L’esplosione di una mina uccide un ragazzino e ferisce una seconda persona….

Is it legal in SC to own a military explosive? Myrtle Beach area man used one as door stop

21/09/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Carolina del Sud (South Carolina-SC), Horry County, Myrtle Beach  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. By Emalyn Muzzy Reality Check is a new Sun News series holding those in power accountable,…

Gelibolu Yarımadası’nda 109 yıllık top mermisi bulundu

21/09/2024 Turchia (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), Marmara (Marmara Bölgesi), Çanakkale, Gallipoli (Gelibolu)  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Ekiplerce bölgede yapılan incelemeler sonucunda, 18 adet top mermisi daha gün yüzüne çıkarıldı. Bu keşif, Çanakkale Savaşları’na dair tarihi izlerin…

Landmine killed

A man named Nouri al-Sattam, 53, was killed due to the explosion of a landmine left from previous conflicts while attempting to dismantle a burned vehicle that had been targeted during Source: npasyria.com Siria–Homs–Tadmor (Palmyra-Palmira) L’esplosione di una mina o altro residuato bellico uccide un civile. Biography of a Bomb

군 당국, 대구 야산서 발견된 수류탄 수거…6.25 전쟁 당시 불발탄 추정

20/09/2024 Corea del Sud, Daegu  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. 11일 경찰과 육군 등에 따르면 전날 오전 8시 56분쯤 대구시 동구 도학동의 한 야산에서 수류탄이 발견됐다는 주민의 신고가 접수됐다. 인명피해는 없었으며, 육군 폭발물처리반(EOD)이 폭발물을 수거했다….

交番に不発弾持ち込み 周辺を規制 札幌・中央区

20/09/2024 Giappone, Honshū, Hokkaidō, Ishikari, Sapporo  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. 12日午前11時ごろ、札幌市中央区の住宅で遺品整理をしていた70代男性が砲弾のようなものを見つけ、同市中央区南14西10、札幌南署行啓通交番に持ち込んだ。 Source: hokkaido-np.co.jp 警察は「不発弾を見つけたら近づかず連絡してほしい」と話しています Biography of a Bomb Dear editors, Biography of a bomb is aimed at highlighting the danger caused by unexploded bombs. Moreover,…

Požár lesa v Městečku Trnávce způsobilo samovznícení munice s bílým fosforem ze II. světové války

20/09/2024 Repubblica Ceca, (Česká republika), Boemia (Jihočeský kraj), Pardubice (Pardubický kraj), Přelouč  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Známe příčinu vzniku požáru lesa v Městečku Trnávce. Na základě prověření jedné z vyšetřovacích verzí vzniku požárů lesního…

Landmine children

A local source from the Syrian Desert said that the two children, Jaber Muhammad al-Azzawi, 11, and Qutada Ahmad al-Azzawi, 13, were killed due to the explosion of a war remnant while they were herding sheep on the outskirts of al-Sukhnah, a town in the east of Homs. Source: npasyria.com Siria–Homs Terrritorio al-Sukhnah. L’esplosione di…

Tudi na deponiji na Bovškem našli nevarno ostalino iz časa prve svetovne vojne

19/09/2024 Slovenia, (Republika Slovenija), Goriziano, (Goriška statistična regija), Nova Gorica  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Policisti PU Nova Gorica v primeru morebitne najdbe takega nevarnega sredstva (neeksplodirano ubojno sredstvo) vse občane in občanke ponovno pozivamo,…

V Ludvíkovicích muž objevil detektorem kovů dělostřelecký granát

19/09/2024 Repubblica Ceca, (Česká republika), Boemia (Jihočeský kraj), Ústí nad Labem (Ústecký kraj), Děčín (okres Děčín)  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Jitka Vepřovská K nálezu staré vojenské munice vyrazili ve čtvrtek 12. září podvečer policisté…

Tudi na deponiji na Bovškem našli nevarno ostalino iz časa prve svetovne vojne

  19/09/2024 Slovenia, (Republika Slovenija), Goriziano, (Goriška statistična regija), Plezzo (Občina Bovec)  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. Prav tako so bili policisti tudi danes, 11. septembra ob 9.20, obveščeni o najdbi nevarne ostaline iz časa…

Woman loses both arms, legs in Thandwe war remnants explosion

A woman in Thandwe township of Arakan State was critically injured while searching for forest produce when she triggered a war remnant bomb. Both of her arms and legs  were severed leading to her life in danger. Source: narinjara.com Birmania-(Myanmar)–Stato Rakhine Territorio Thandwe. L’esplosione di una mina o altro residuato bellico ferisce gravemente una donna…

More Than 1,000 Unexploded 18th-Century Rockets Were Just Discovered In India

18/09/2024 India, Karnataka  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. By Bernadette Deron | Edited By John Kuroski More than 1,000 unexploded 18th-century rockets have just been recovered from an abandoned well at a fort in the…

Na območju Nove Gorice so našli neeksplodirana ubojna sredstva iz časa prve svetovne vojne

18/09/2024 Slovenia, (Republika Slovenija), Goriziano, (Goriška statistična regija), Nova Gorica  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. V Rožni Dolini pri  Novi Gorici so delavci včeraj med izvajanjem zemeljskih del naleteli na nevarno najdbo iz časa prve…

Civilian killed in explosion of landmine of war remnants in SDF-held areas

A civilian died in the explosion of a landmine of war remnants in Al-Morashda Town in Al-Sousa district eastern of Deir Ezzor within SDF-held areas. Source: syriahr.com Siria–Deir el-Zor–Abu Kamal–Kamal (Al-Bukamal)–Al Sousa (Al-Susah) Zona Al-Morashda. L’esplosione di una mina o altro residuato bellico uccide un civile. Biography of a Bomb

Unexploded device found on Hemsby beach in Norfolk

17/09/2024 Regno Unito, (UK), Inghilterra, (England), Norfolk, Great Yarmouth  “If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”. By Faye Minton Police were called to Hemsby beach at 10.20am after a member of the public found the item on…

Twee bommen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog gevonden 

17/09/2024 Olanda, (Nederland), Olanda Meridionale (Zuid-Holland), Zuidplas, Moordrecht Ruiming bommen uit Tweede Wereldoorlog wordt grote operatie: ‘Liggen in extreem complex gebied’ In Moordrecht moeten binnenkort twee niet-ontplofte bommen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog worden geruimd. Het betreft niet zomaar bommen. ,,Het zijn 500-ponders. Foto–Bron: ad.nl In Nijmegen is het sowieso verboden om met een metaaldetector te…