Ukraine says mine-clearing in Black Sea to take up to 5 years
12/01/2024 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”. The actions to clear the Black Sea and its neighboring Sea of Azov from mines would take up to five years, the Ukrayinska Pravda media outlet reported…
Children Fall Victim to Houthi Shelling, Landmines
The killing of a child and the injury of five others due to an explosion of a landmine planted by the Houthi militias in the Shoukan area of the Mawiyah district in Taiz province. Source: aawsat.com Yemen–Taiz–Mawiyah-Shawkan L’esplosione di una mina uccide un 15-enne e ferisce altri minori. Biography of a Bomb
Land Mines Kills Six People in Eastern Angola
11/01/2024 Angola “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”. At least six people were killed and 13 others have been injured in eastern Cuando Cubango province as a result of 13 land mine accidents recorded in 2023,…
Najdbe neekspodiranih minsko-eksplozivnih sredstev 4. 1. 2024 15.47
11/01/2024 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”. Ob 15.29 je v Ulici 25. maja v Rožni dolini, (Valdirose), občina Nova Gorica, občan pri urejanju okolice naletel na…
Bomb squad called to Dorking as police respond to suspected ‘unexploded ordinance’
11/01/2024 Regno Unito, (UK), Inghilterra, (England), Surrey, Mole Valley, Dorking “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 Kieran Graves A cordon was put in place in Dorking (Saturday, January 6) while emergency services responded to a…
One person was killed and another was wounded in a magnetic IED explosion in Parwan province
One person was killed and another was wounded in a magnetic IED explosion in Parwan province. Source: ariananews.af Afghanistan–Parwan (Parvan) L’esplosione di una mina ied uccide e ferisce due civili. Biography of a Bomb
Пронајдени граната и минофрлач во атар на село Алинци
10/01/2024 Macedonia del Nord (Македонија), Sudoccidentale (Југозападен), Pelagonia (Пелагониски регион), Prilep (Прилеп) “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”. Пронајдени граната и минофрлач во атар на село Алинци. На 05.01.2024 во ОВР Прилеп било пријавено дека на…
Antalya’da heyecanlandıran keşif: Birinci Dünya Savaşı’ndan kalma! ‘Bu bir ilk’
10/01/2024 Turchia (Türkiye), Mar Mediterraneo (Akdeniz Bölgesi), Antalya (Adalia) “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”. Antalya’da, Birinci Dünya Savaşı’ndan kalma, 2 kilometre uzunluğunda savaş mevzileri ve komuta kontrol merkezi keşfedildi. Mevziler hakkında tespit ve tescil çalışmaları…
Neutralizan dos minas antipersonal en Hacarí, Norte de Santander
10/01/2024 Colombia, Norte de Santander “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”. En desarrollo de operaciones militares, en el marco del Plan Ayacucho, soldados del Ejército Nacional ubicaron y neutralizaron de manera controlada dos minas antipersonales sobre…
At least two people were wounded in a magnetic IED explosion in Kabul city
At least two people were wounded in a magnetic IED explosion in Kabul city on Wednesday morning, Kabul police confirmed. Source: ariananews.af Afghanistan–Kabul L’esplosione di una mina ied ferisce due civili. Biography of a Bomb
Xử lý bom, mìn, vật liệu nổ bảo đảm kịp thời, an toàn tuyệt đối
09/01/2024 Vietnam, Delta del Mekong “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”. Công tác thu gom bom, mìn, vật liệu nổ còn sót lại sau chiến tranh trên địa bàn tỉnh được Bộ CHQS tỉnh chỉ đạo…
World War II Machine Gun Nest Uncovered in Slovakia
09/01/2024 Slovacchia, (Slovenská republika), Trenčín (Trenčiansky kraj) “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”. Kostolná-Záriečie. According to a Miami Herald report, a farmer in western Slovakia discovered the lower portion of a World War II–era Nazi machine…
Hluti úr sprengju kom í veiðarfærin
09/01/2024 Islanda, Norðurland eystra, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Akureyri “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”. Setja bókamerki Hluti úr breskri sprengju kom í veiðarfæri ísfisktogarans Bjargar EA 7 við veiðar á Rifsbakka í gær, að því er segir í…
Landmine blast
U Ba Tin Win, 56, a local man from Ashaemrauk Ward, lost his left leg after he stepped on a landmine at about 2 p.m. on January 1 while herding his cattle in a farm near a security checkpoint in Rathedaung. Source: dmediag.com Birmania (Myanmar)–Stato Rakhine-Sittwe-Rathedaung L’esplosione di una mina ferisce gravemente un 56-enne. La…
Massive dumping ground of WWII-era munitions discovered off Los Angeles coast
08/01/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), California (CA), Los Angeles County “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 ROSANNA XIA It’s not just toxic chemical waste and mysterious barrels that litter the seafloor off the coast of…
Allegheny County Bomb Squad called to dispose of WWII-era mortar round in Waynesburg
08/01/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Pennsylvania (PA) “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”. Greene County. BY JON ANDREASSI. Waynesburg police called on the Allegheny County Bomb Squad Wednesday for help disposing of World War II-era explosives….
La Guardia Civil neutraliza dos cohetes anti granizo potencialmente peligrosos en una finca agropecuaria
08/01/2024 Spagna, (España), Castiglia-La Mancia (Castilla-La Mancha), Albacete “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”. Técnicos Especialistas en Desactivación de Artefactos Explosivos (TEDAX) de la Guardia Civil neutralizaron a finales de año dos cohetes granífugos (anti granizo),…
Landmine blast
Ko Maung Hsan Win, the 23-year-old man, stepped on a landmine in front of the military’s Rathedaung-based Light Infantry Battalion No. 537 while scavenging for fish together with four others. Source: dmediag.com Birmania (Myanmar)–Stato Rakhine-Sittwe–Rathedaung L’esplosione di una mina ferisce gravemente un 23-enne. La vittima cercava di procurarsi del pesce. Quattro i feriti Biography of…
Intact Russian Kinzhal ‘hypersonic’ missile was unearthed in Kyiv
07/01/2024 Ucraina (Україна), Oblast’ di Kiev (Київська область), Kiev (Київ) “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 Boyko Nikolov Images have surfaced, reportedly showing an unexploded Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile. Ukrainian sources suggest that this missile…
Malaga, a Second World War weapons testing ground
07/01/2024 Spagna, (España), Andalusia, (Andalucía), Málaga “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”. Francisco Griñán The torpedo is set to blow up nearly 87 years too late. All theories as to the sinking of the Republican army’s…
10 hand grenades recovered from haystack in Jessore
07/01/2024 Bangladesh, Khulna, Jessore “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”. Police on Friday recovered 10 unexploded hand grenades from a haystack at a house near the Benapole border in Jessore. Benapole port police station Officer-in-Charge (OC)…
Landmine explosion leaves child dead and two others injured in Al-Raqqah countryside
A child was killed and two others were injured due to the explosion of an old landmine, while they were playing in a farmland in Khaneyz village in northern Al-Raqqah city. Source: syriahr.com Siria–Al Raqqa Zona Khaneyz. L’esplosione di una mina uccide un bambino e ferisce due coetanei. Le vittime giocavano con l’ordigno. Biography of…
Grenade found at thrift store in Georgetown
06/01/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Ohio (OH) “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”. Brown County, Pleasant Township. By Mason Watson. Emergency units from the Georgetown Police Department and the Georgetown Fire/EMS responded to the Lighthouse Thrift…
Granaten im Matzner Wald gefunden
06/01/2024 Austria (Österreich), Bassa Austria (Niederösterreich), Gänserndorf, Matzner Wald “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”. Elisabeth Bendl Im Matzner Wald wurden – nun bald 80 Jahre nach dem 2. Weltkrieg – Granaten gefunden. Profis der Munitionsbergung…
Magneetvisser stuit op granaat in Voorhout
06/01/2024 Olanda, (Nederland), Olanda Meridionale (Zuid-Holland) “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”. Door Stijn Zandbergen Teylingen. Voorhout – Een magneetvisser heeft zaterdagmiddag een bijzonder voorwerp opgevist aan de Eerste Elsgeesterweg: een brisant-pantsergranaat. De visser schakelde de…
Three kids killed in landmine explosion in N. Waziristan
According to the police, three children were killed in a landmine explosion in Khajuri area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan. Source: gnnhd.tv Pakistan–Khyber Pakhtunkhwa–Nord-Waziristan (North Waziristan)–Mir Ali Zona Khajuri. L’esplosione di una mina uccide tre bambini. Le vittime pascolavano animali. Biography of a Bomb
Quang Tri works to live safely with bombs, mines by 2025
05/01/2024 Vietnam, Bac Trung Bộ, Quang Tri “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 central province of Quang Tri has taken bold steps to live safely with bombs and mines left over from wars by 2025….
Military to detonate ordnance in Joshua Tree
05/01/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), California (CA), San Bernardino County “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”. An explosive ordnance disposal technician at the Twentynine Palms combat center, displays unexploded explosive ordinance during a class in Twentynine…
Unexploded bomb found by member of public in Molesey
05/01/2024 Regno Unito, (UK), Inghilterra, (England), Surrey, Elmbridge “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 Kirstie McCrum An unexploded bomb found by a member of the public in Molesey today (Thursday) has been dealt with by…
Landmine explosion kills a man and injures his wife at a pomelo farm in Kyaikto
A husband and wife stepped on a landmine which killed him and injured his wife at a pomelo farm in Angabo Village, Kyaikto Township at around 11:50 am on December 28, according to locals. Source: elevenmyanmar.com Birmania (Myanmar)–Stato Mon-Thaton-Kyike Hto Zona Angabo. L’esplosione di una mina uccide e ferisce due coniugi, (la moglie resta gravemente…
Pronađene dvije zolje iz Domovinskog rata u Visuću
04/01/2024 Croazia, (Hrvatska), Dalmazia, (Dalmacija), Lika-Segna (Ličko-senjska županija), Gospić (Gospićki) “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”. PU ličko-senjska izvijestila je da je jedan građanin na području Visuća pronašao eksplozivna sredstva. Policijski službenik za protueksplozijsku zaštitu potvrdio…
CMAC removed over 3 million UXOs from 1992 to 2023
04/01/2024 Cambogia (Cambodia) “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 UXOs were removed by CMAC from 1992 to 2023 from 1,735 square kilometres, which included 580,000 anti-personnel mines, 11,000 anti-tank mines, 120,000 cluster and aerial bombs,…
Civilian dies from landmine explosion in Kyike Hto
45-year-old U Nine Win and 40-year-old Daw Mi Mi went to a nearby pomelo plantation to collect wood about noon, when they stepped on a landmine. Source: rehmonnya.org Birmania (Myanmar)–Stato Mon-Thaton-Kyike Hto Zona Ka Bo. L’esplosione di una mina uccide e ferisce due coniugi, (la moglie resta gravemente ferita). Le vittime lavoravano in una piantagione…
Minsko- eksplozivna sredstva pronađena na dvije lokacije
03/01/2024 Croazia, (Hrvatska) “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”. Brod-Posavina. Jučer, 2. siječnja na području Policijske uprave brodsko-posavske dvoje građana je prilikom obrade njive pronašlo minsko- esplozivna sredstva. Oko 10 sati muškarac je prilikom obrade njive…
Wild waves push WWII-era bomb onto California beach
03/01/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), California (CA), Santa Cruz County “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”. THAO NGUYEN A World War II-era practice bomb washed ashore on a California beach on New Year’s Eve after dangerously…
Unexploded mortar shell blast kills 3 minor sisters in Paktia
Three sisters as young as eight years old were killed when an unexploded mortar shell went off in Zurmat district southeastern Paktia province Source: pajhwok.com Afghanistan–Paktia (Paktika) Territorio Zurmat. L’esplosione di un residuato bellico uccide tre sorelle di otto anni. Biography of a Bomb
Explosieven Opruimingsdienst rukt in 2023 bijna 2.000 keer uit: van oorlogsbom tot plofkraakmunitie
02/01/2024 Olanda, (Nederland) “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”. Oude oorlogsbommen, zwaar vuurwerk en plofkraakmunitie. De Explosieven Opruimingsdienst Defensie (EOD) rukte dit jaar tot nu toe 1.995 keer uit om projectielen met ontploffingsgevaar te vernietigen. Dit…
301 misiuni pirotehnice ale pompierilor ieșeni de la începutul anului
02/01/2024 Romania, (România), Moldavia, Iași “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”. De la începutul anului 2023, echipa pirotehnică din cadrul Inspectoratului pentru Situaţii de Urgenţă “Mihail Sturdza” al judeţului Iaşi a efectuat 301 de misiuni pirotehnice,…
Landmine blast injuries 4 children in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
Four children were injured on Monday due to a landmine blast of the remnants of war in a town in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria. Source: npasyria.com Siria–Deir el-Zor L’esplosione di una mina ferisce quattro bambini. Biography of a Bomb
Roban explosivos de una cantera en Alto Paraná
01/01/2024 Paraguay “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”. Una gran cantidad de explosivos fueron hurtados de una cantera en la localidad de Mbaracayu, departamento de Alto Paraná. El hecho fue informado a la Policía Nacional. Agentes…
Här spränger polisen granaten vid Svingeln
01/01/2024 Svezia (Sverige), Götaland, Västra Götaland, Göteborg “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”. Här spränger polisen granaten vid Svingeln Source: gp.se Selv om granaten har ligget en stund, vil vi oppfordre folk til ikke å røre…
Child killed and two others injured in landmine explosion in Daraa countryside
A child was killed and two others of Bedouin tribes were injured, as a result of the explosion of an old landmine, between Al-Naimah and Saida towns, east of Daraa. Source: syriahr.com Siria–Daraa L’esplosione di una mina celata in un campo situato tra i territori Al-Naimah e Saida uccide un bambino e ferisce due adulti….
Donetsk Sappers Conduct Rigorous Demining Efforts in Volnovakha Region
31/12/2023 Ucraina (Україна), Oblast’ di Donec’k (Донецька область) “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: Rizwan Shah In a recent development, sappers from the Vostok group of forces, specifically, the Storm unit of the motorized rifle…
White Settlement home renovator finds grenade inside walls, officials say
31/12/2023 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Texas (TX), Tarrant County, Fort Worth “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 new owner renovating a home in White Settlement was shocked to discover a hand grenade inside the walls….
UXOs removed
31/12/2023 Sudan, (Sūdān), Darfur (Dār Fūr), Nyala “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 Baladna Organisation for Social Development, which also works in the field of collecting explosive devices that have not detonated as intended (UXOs)…
One Person Injured in IED Blast on Roadside Garbage in Mogadishu
One Person Injured in IED Blast on Roadside Garbage in Mogadishu Source Somalia–Benadir–Mogadiscio L’esplosione di una mina ied celata in strada travolge un’automobile. Ferito il conducente. Biography of a Bomb
Na dne jazera pri Jakubove našli podozrivý predmet. Môže ísť o bombu z 2. svetovej vojny
30/12/2023 Slovacchia, (Slovenská republika), Bratislava (Bratislavy), Malacky “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”. Na dne vypusteného jazera pri Jakubove v okrese Malacky sa našiel podozrivý predmet pripomínajúci leteckú bombu z 2. svetovej vojny. Informuje o tom…
Hayan un proyectil de la Guerra Civil en un arroyo de Villanueva de la Cañada
30/12/2023 Spagna, (España), Madrid “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”. Un senderista ha hallado un proyectil de 105 milímetros, presumiblemente de la época de la Guerra Civil, en un arroyo de la localidad de Villanueva de…
Ưu tiên bố trí nguồn lực khắc phục hậu quả bom mìn
30/12/2023 Vietnam “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”. Sau chiến tranh, dù còn khó khăn, nhưng Việt Nam luôn ưu tiên bố trí nguồn lực khá lớn cho khắc phục hậu quả bom mìn. Việt Nam…
Landmine Explosion in Azerbaijan’s Agdam District Injures ANAMA Employee
The explosion occurred on December 26 near the recently liberated village of Sarijali. Source: bnnbreaking.com Azerbaijan–Agdam-Sarijali L’esplosione di una mina ferisce un addetto allo sminamento. Biography of a Bomb