Singapore Police detonates 100 kg World War II aerial bomb unearthed at work site I VIDEO

1 week, 1 day ago

'Blast' at police station in Amritsar causes panic in neighbourhood

CHANDIGARH: A blast occurred at Islamabad police station in Amritsar at early morning today which caused panic in the neighbourhood. I, Jeevan Fouji, take responsibility for throwing the grenade at the Islamabad police station.’’ read the post, it also mentioned Babbar Khalsa. He said locals heard the sound of the explosion at the police station, but there was no damage …

Blast Station Police Station

1 week, 4 days ago

Thai police detain two suspects after bomb in border province kills three, injures scores

New Indian Express

BANGKOK: Thai police on Saturday said two suspects were in custody as authorities investigated a bombing in the north that killed at least three people and injured dozens of others. Local police said at least 48 people were injured and that police have not yet pressed charges against the suspects as the investigation is ongoing. Thanathip Sawangsang, a spokesperson for …

Umphang

West Bengal: 3 killed as country-made bombs explode at house in Murshidabad

Hindustan Times

At least three persons have been reportedly killed in an explosion at a house in West Bengal's Murshidabad, news agency PTI reported. According to a NDTV report, the incident took place when country-made bombs exploded in the Khayartala area on Sunday night. In a similar incident of explosion, four persons died and five others were injured after a blast caused …

Explosion West Bengal Blast House Murshidabad

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Four workers killed in massive blast at factory in Gujarat's Bharuch district

India TV News

At least four workers were killed in a massive blast at an industrial unit in Ankleshwar GIDC in the Bharuch district of Gujarat on Tuesday. Bharuch district administration confirmed the report and said the blast was reported at the premises of Detox India Private Limited, which is in the business of industrial waste treatment and disposal. Giving more information about …

Gujarat Blast Industrial District Four Workers Bharuch

1 month ago

Police find massive 10,000 kg of illegal fireworks in Hague residential neighborhood

NL Times

The police discovered around 10,000 kilograms of fireworks in a residential neighborhood in the center of The Hague on Thursday. The police found the massive amount of fireworks inside a business premises on Volkerakstraat, under a row of apartments, at around 9:00 p.m. Officers carried out box after box of fireworks, loading them into a police truck and removing them …

Fireworks

1 month, 1 week ago

World War II bombs safely neutralized near Moordrecht

NL Times

Two unexploded World War II aircraft bombs were safely neutralized overnight from Saturday to Sunday near Moordrecht in South Holland, the municipality of Zuidplas reported. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service first removed the detonator, followed by the percussion cap a few minutes later. At 2:49 a.m., the detonator and percussion cap were removed, completing what the municipality called the "most …

Bomb Moordrecht

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Manipur news: Miscreants attack villages, plant bomb in Imphal East; gunfight erupts

Live Mint

A heavy gunfight erupted between security forces and armed miscreants after the latter launched an attack on villagers in strife-torn Manipur’s Imphal East district on Wednesday, police said. A heavy gunfight erupted between security forces and armed miscreants on Wednesday after the miscreants launched an attack on villagers in strife-torn Manipur’s Imphal East district, reported Hindustan Times. “Armed miscreants from …

Village Manipur Ukhrul Imphal Imphal East Miscreants Zeo

2 months, 3 weeks ago

US bomb from World War II explodes at Japan's Miyazaki Airport, cancelling more than 80 flights

ABC

An unexploded American bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport has detonated, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries. Land and Transport Ministry officials said there were no aircraft nearby when the bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in south-western Japan. Chief Cabinet Secretary …

Japan Japanese Miyazaki Airport

2 months, 3 weeks ago

A U.S. bomb from World War II explodes at Japanese airport, making a large crater in a taxiway

LA Times

The damaged taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan is viewed from a helicopter Wednesday, after an explosion was reported. An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, Japanese officials said. Land …

Japan Airport Japanese World War Ii Bomb Miyazaki Airport

5 months ago

Live grenade on terrace of government building sparks fear in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch; defused

The Hindu

“Bomb disposal squads have defused a live grenade found on the rooftop of a government building in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district,” officials said on July 19. “Some children found the hand grenade while playing on the terrace of a government quarter building in the vicinity of Raja Sukhdev District hospital on July 18 and raised an alarm, prompting the …

Grenade Poonch

6 months, 3 weeks ago

US-made munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp, CNN analysis shows

CNN

CNN — Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts has found. In this image which CNN geolocated to the scene of Sunday's strike in Rafah, four explosive weapons experts identified the …

Weapons Strike Gaza Israel Hamas Israeli Biden

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cambodia's Defense Ministry says explosion at military base that killed 20 soldiers was an accident

The Independent

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Blast Defense Ministry

7 months, 3 weeks ago

A munitions explosion at a Cambodian army base kills 20 soldiers, but its cause is unclear

The Independent

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Explosion House Base Damaged Cambodia

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Bomb squad puts Lancashire town on lockdown after grenade ‘donated to heritage centre’

The Independent

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Centre Disposal Bomb Lancashire Bomb Disposal Darwen

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Twenty Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition base explosion: PM

Al Jazeera

The blast, which also injured several soldiers, occurred at an army base in Kampong Speu province, Hun Manet says. Twenty soldiers have been killed in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of Cambodia, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet. The blast, which also injured several soldiers, happened on Saturday afternoon at an army base in Kampong Speu …

Hun Cambodia Hun Manet

9 months, 1 week ago

From HT Archives: When terror tore through India’s financial capital

Hindustan Times

More than 300 people were killed and at least a 1,000 injured in a dozen powerful bomb blasts that had a massive impact all over Bombay on March 12, 1993, gripping the megapolis in panic and fear. The 29-storey Bombay stock exchange, the country’s premier bourse, was the first to be hit by two powerful blasts sending an estimated 3,000 …

India Explosion Blast Building Pawar New Delhi Bomb

11 months, 3 weeks ago

WWII practice bomb washes up on the shore of a Santa Cruz County beach

LA Times

Recent storms hitting the Santa Cruz County beaches caused strong waves to wash up a bomb on New Year’s Eve, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. Recent storms and strong waves were responsible for washing a World War II-era practice bomb onto the shore of a Santa Cruz County beach on New Year’s Eve, according to the Santa …

County Bomb Santa Cruz Cruz Santa Santa Cruz County

1 year ago

Visual Evidence Shows Israel Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs Where It Ordered Gaza’s Civilians to Move for Safety

New York Times

This is an area in Gaza where, for weeks, civilians fled to find safety. Sometimes, 2,000-pound bombs leave giant craters in the earth, like this strike in south Gaza in November. Israel says it must destroy Hamas above and below ground to prevent terrorist attacks like Oct. 7 — — and claims it’s taking extraordinary measures to protect civilians. Ultimately, …

Speech South Gaza Israel Hamas Bomb Civilians

1 year ago

Suicide attacker used 264 pounds of explosives to target police station in Pakistan, killing 23

The Independent

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Pakistan Attack Taliban Police Station Ttp

1 year, 1 month ago

Destruction of Gaza: Civilians Suffer En Masse in Every War for 3 Broad Reasons

The Quint

WW II, therefore, saw massive civilian casualties, a few examples of which are iterated below: Japan: The Allied strategic bombing of Japan from November 1944 onwards included mass attacks with bombers on Kobe and Tokyo in February and March 1945. The US Strategic Bombing Survey estimated that Operation Meetinghouse alone killed over 88,000 people, injured 41,000, destroyed 267,000 buildings and …

Japan German Tokyo Civilians Killed

1 year, 4 months ago

10 killed, several injured in massive explosion at fireworks warehouse in Thailand

India Today

A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand on Saturday killed at least ten people and wounded scores, officials said. The Narathiwat province’s Public Relations Department also said that also at least 118 people were hurt, and that residents of more than 200 households were affected. Videos posted on social media from the site show a huge plume …

Public Relations Thai Relations Department Public Relations Department

1 year, 5 months ago

50 years since US troops left Vietnam, bombs continue to kill

Al Jazeera

US has channelled millions to clean up UXO but farmers and children continue to discover unexploded missiles. “I found it last Thursday,” Sy told Al Jazeera on a visit to his home in Quang Tri province, adding that he informed local officials right away. Back in 1975, when I was 20, I would find bigger explosives with metal detectors and …

Vietnam War Work Province Vietnamese Ngo Mag

1 year, 7 months ago

US bomb designed to hit targets like Iran underground nuclear sites briefly reappears amid tensions

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As tensions with Iran have escalated over its nuclear program, the U.S. military this month posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium. The U.S. Air Force on May 2 released rare images of the weapon, the GBU-57, known …

Nuclear Air Iran Site Force Bomb Bombs

1 year, 7 months ago

Amid tensions, US military designs bomb to hit Iran underground nuclear sites I Photos emerge

India TV News

As tensions between Iran and the United States escalated over a former nuclear program, the US military this month posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium. Initially, the US Air Force released rare images of the weapon, the GBU-57, known as the “Massive …

Military Nuclear Photos Air Iran Force Underground

1 year, 7 months ago

Rights group accuses Myanmar of using fuel-air explosive

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military used an “enhanced blast” munition known as a fuel-air explosive in an airstrike that killed more than 160 people, including many children, at a ceremony held last month by opponents of army rule, a human rights monitoring group charged in a report Tuesday. Human Rights Watch accused the military of dropping the weapon, also known as …

Rights Attack Myanmar Weapon Civilian Human Rights Watch

1 year, 7 months ago

Myanmar military used vacuum bomb on opponents: HRW

Al Jazeera

Rights group claims the military used a thermobaric bomb in last month’s attack on a village in Sagaing, causing ‘indiscriminate and disproportionate civilian casualties’. Myanmar’s military has used an “enhanced blast” munition known as a fuel-air explosive in an air attack that killed more than 160 people, including many children, at a ceremony organised by its opponents last month, according …

Military Rights Air Attack Myanmar Human Civilian

1 year, 9 months ago

Several injured as explosion rocks seven-storey building in Bangladesh’s capital

The Hindu

At least 17 people, including two women, were killed and over 100 others injured on March 7, 2023 in a powerful “earthquake-like” explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh’s capital city, police and local residents said. Eleven firefighting units, comprising 200 firemen, were mobilised at the spot after the blast, which occurred around 4:50 pm at Old Dhaka’s crowded …

Bangladesh Blast Building Injured Unit

1 year, 10 months ago

‘I just want my legs back': Myanmar landmine casualties soar

Associated Press

BANGKOK — The 3-year-old boy had taken only two steps from his mother’s lap when a deafening explosion rang out. But in Myanmar, which isn’t party to the treaty, the use of mines has soared since the military seized power from the democratically elected government in February 2021 and armed resistance has skyrocketed. Landmines are planted by all sides of …

China Military Victims Casualties Mines Landmines Unexploded Ordnance

1 year, 10 months ago

Huge Blast After WW2 Bomb Explodes Unexpectedly In UK's Great Yarmouth: Watch

ABP News

A second world war bomb exploded unexpectedly in United Kingdom’s Great Yarmouth while agencies were working to diffuse it, reported The Guardian citing the local police. The Norfolk police tweeted the video of the blast and said, “The unexploded bomb in #GreatYarmouth detonated earlier during work to disarm it. Public safety has been at the heart of our decision-making all …

Public Safety Work Report No One Guardian Norfolk Bomb Explodes

1 year, 11 months ago

No explosion occurred on Mizoram side during aerial strikes in Myanmar: Assam Rifles

The Hindu

Two days after the Myanmar military reportedly bombed a rebel camp along the country's border with India, with some local leaders claiming that one shell fell in Mizoram's Champai district, the Assam Rifles on January 12 rebuffed the assertion stating that the Indian side was unaffected by the aerial strikes. Manipur extremist groups feeling the heat of Myanmar’s civil war …

India Country Report Champai Mizoram Myanmar Assam

1 year, 11 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Security forces recover 25 kgs of IED in Bijapur

Op India

A joint team of District Reserve Guard, local police and security forces recovered an IED bomb weighing 25 kg near Munda pond under the Mirtur police station area in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday. According to the police, the bomb was planted by the Naxals in the middle of the Bechapal-Etepal road with the aim of damaging large vehicles. The …

Bomb Security Forces Ied 25 Kg

2 years, 2 months ago

Bomb blasts outside Myanmar prison kill eight, injure 18 persons

The Hindu

A bombing on Wednesday near the front gate of Myanmar's main prison for political detainees killed at least eight people, including visitors and prison personnel, local media and the government said. Five people who were delivering parcels to prisoners and three prison staff were killed when two bombs exploded around 9:40 a.m., News of Myanmar, an online news service sympathetic …

Prison Myanmar

2 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar's junta says terrorists exploded bombs outside Yangon's Insein prison, killing eight

ABC

At least eight people have been killed in a bombing near the front gate of Myanmar's main prison for political detainees in Yangon, the country's biggest city. Key points: Five visitors, including a 10-year-old girl, and three prison staff were killed when two bombs went off at Insein Prison Thirteen visitors, including a 9-year-old boy, and five prison personnel were …

Military Prison Myanmar Yangon Insein Insein Prison Three Prison Staff

2 years, 6 months ago

Boy finds live First World War Mills bomb grenade on beach ‘capable of exploding’

The Independent

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Unexploded Grenade Boy Finds Bomb Hand

3 years ago

Four Injured After Old World War II Aircraft Bomb Explodes in Munich: Police

News 18

Four people were injured when an old aircraft bomb exploded at a bridge near Munich’s busy main train station on Wednesday, police said on Twitter, raising the number of wounded from three earlier. More than 2,000 tonnes of live bombs and munitions are discovered each year in Germany, more than 70 years after the end of World War Two. World …

Germany World War Bomb Munich Old World

3 years ago

World War II bomb explodes in Munich, injuring 4 and disrupting train services

LA Times

A bomb left over from World War II exploded Wednesday at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich, Germany, injuring four people, one of them seriously, police said. The construction site for a new commuter train line is located on the approach to Munich’s central station, about a half-mile to the east. Unexploded bombs are still …

Germany Munich War Ii

3 years, 4 months ago

Major terror bid foiled ahead of Independence Day in Amritsar; security forces recover tiffin bomb, IED

India TV News

Security forces have foiled a major terror bid ahead of Independence Day as they recovered arms and ammunition in Amritsar including grenades and tiffin bombs on Monday. Police said that two to three kgs of an improvised explosive device were fitted inside a tiffin box. Police said that the package was delivered using a drone and contains five hand grenades, …

Independence Day Security Forces Ied Tiffin Bomb Major Terror

3 years, 4 months ago

2 Bengal policemen injured in crude bomb explosion in North 24 Parganas

India Today

Two police personnel were injured in a crude bomb explosion in Jagatdal area of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Wednesday. Unidentified men allegedly hurled bombs at the police on Atchala Bagan road in Jagaddal on Wednesday night, as per reports. Police received an alert that some people had hurled three crude bombs outside a hotel on Atchala …

Bengal Crude Bomb Hurled Bombs

3 years, 4 months ago

At least 2 killed in German chemical blast; 31 injured

India Today

An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies in Germany killed at least two people on Tuesday, with 31 others injured and several still missing hours later. Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance initially classified the incident as “an extreme threat.” Later on Tuesday, however, the Cologne fire department tweeted that pollution measurements “do not show …

Germany Explosion German Cologne Chempark Currenta Outside Leverkusen

3 years, 5 months ago

IED Blast at Police Reserve in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills, Cop Injured

News 18

Unidentified miscreants triggered an IED blast at Khliehriat police reserve in East Jaintia Hills in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. Confirming the development, state Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said the bomb blast took place at around 1.45am, adding that the matter is under investigation. “This morning at around 1:45 am, one bomb exploded at the Khliehriat police reserve,” Rymbui …

Ied Blast Jaintia Hills Police Reserve Khliehriat

3 years, 5 months ago

Jharkhand: CRPF pays tribute to sniffer dog killed in IED blast

Hindustan Times

A sniffer dog was killed while its handler, a CRPF jawan was injured on Tuesday in an Improvised Explosive Device blast during an anti-Maoist operation under Kurumgarh police station in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police officials said. A CRPF release said that Drone had found 4 containers of 40 kgs explosive each during an operation in Parasnath area in April 2016. …

Jharkhand Maoists Drone Area Operation Crpf Ied

3 years, 6 months ago

Huge blast at Serbia munitions factory forces evacuation

The Hindu

A series of explosions early on Friday rocked a military factory in central Serbia, forcing evacuation of workers and nearby residents and causing panic, but no injuries. The blasts at an ammunition depot of the Sloboda factory in Cacak, about 140km south of Belgrade, set off a series of detonations and a huge fire that lit the night sky above …

Factory Serbia

3 years, 8 months ago

Indian Army disposed of 1,600 tons of unexploded ordnance

India TV News

As much as 1,600 metric tons of unexploded ordnance was disposed of by the Southern Command of the Indian Army to help civilian authorities in Mumbai and several other locations, a defence release said today. Operation `Visphotak Mukt Bandargah' was undertaken by the Army on the direction of the Defence Ministry to ensure the safety of people living in these …

Army Mumbai Image Source Indian Army Unexploded Ordnance Ordnance

3 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar air strikes send ethnic Karen fleeing to Thailand

Associated Press

BANGKOK — About 3,000 villagers from territory in eastern Myanmar controlled by the Karen ethnic minority fled across the border to Thailand on Sunday after Myanmar military aircraft dropped bombs on a Karen guerrilla position, according to workers for two humanitarian relief agencies. The afternoon bombing on an area on the Salween River in Karen State’s Mutraw district killed two …

Myanmar Thai Thailand Karen Knu Hsa Moo Send Ethnic

3 years, 10 months ago

Israel Treating Bomb Blast Near Its Delhi Embassy as Incident of Terrorism, Says Official

News 18

Israel is treating a small bomb blast near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Friday, which did not injure anyone, as a terrorist incident, an Israeli official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Delhi police said there had been no injuries and no damage to the building, adding: “Initial impressions suggest a mischievous attempt to create a sensation.” The …

Delhi Blast Israel

3 years, 10 months ago

Low-intensity IED blast occurs near Israel Embassy in Delhi; no injuries reported so far, says police

Firstpost

A low-intensity IED blast occurred near the Israel Embassy in Delhi on Friday evening. The Delhi Police said that the blast occurred at 5.05 pm on the APJ Abdul Kalam Road near the embassy. President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other government officials are present at the event, NDTV reported. Reports quoted the Delhi Police as saying …

Delhi Injuries Reported Blast Occurs

4 years ago

250-kg Live Bomb from 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Found Buried Near Dhaka Airport

News 18

A 250-kg live bomb has been found buried at a construction site at the international airport here with experts speculating that the cylinder-like bomb was dropped sometime during Bangladesh’s Liberation War against Pakistan in 1971. Construction workers detected the bomb on Wednesday during their excavation works for an extended terminal of Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, airport officials said. On …

Air Bomb

4 years ago

German experts defuse WWII-era bomb found in Frankfurt

Hindustan Times

German explosives experts successfully defused and disposed of a 500-kilogram bomb Sunday in the country’s financial capital Frankfurt, which was dropped during World War II and discovered during recent construction. German explosives experts have successfully defused and disposed of a 500 kilogram bomb in Frankfurt. About 13,000 residents were evacuated from the city’s Gallus district and trains were stopped from …

Frankfurt German Experts

4 years ago

1,525 Kg of Explosives, 6,000 Detonators Seized in Meghalaya; 6 Held

News 18

Six person were arrested in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district with a huge quantity of explosives and detonators, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about possible movement of explosives, police conducted raids in the 4 Kilo area on Wednesday night, they said. Ten cartons with 250 kg of explosives, 1,000 live detonators and eight rolls of fuse were …

Explosives

Singapore Police detonates 100 kg World War II aerial bomb unearthed at work site I VIDEO

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