UNMAS provides equipment to boost Somalia’s anti-IED efforts
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has donated assorted life-saving equipment to counter the persistent threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Somalia.
The explosives were diffused by the bomb disposal squad of the BSF’ 09 Battalion.
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday diffused improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in a combing operation in Ghanabeda forest area in Malkangiri district on the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border.
The explosives were diffused by the bomb disposal squad of the BSF’ 09 Battalion.
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It has been found to be handiwork of red rebels targeting the troops’ movement in the interior areas.
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No collateral damage was done during the act of diffusing the IEDs.
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