In November 2021, the Lamanho Telegram channel posted instructions for making a light-based booby trap initiation system, based on a DIY video manual on laser signaling. The system includes the laser beam, which plays the role of a tripwire; the...
On December 13, 2021, security forces in Myanmar raided a house that served as a hiding place for the underground armed group known as Generation Z Power, in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar, claiming the group was involved in...
Since October 2021, security forces in northwestern Myanmar have neutralized a large number of multiple IED scenes, planted mainly on roadsides and on roads by militants from various anti-regime groups, identified with the People’s Defense Force Coalition. The IED scenes,...
On November 25, 2021, a PREPAK operative was arrested at a roadblock on NH-39 Road in Manipur, India. During his interrogation, he disclosed he had hidden IED components in Thumbi Ching, Nongpok Sanjenbam, in Imphal East District. The weapons were...
November’s In Focus delves into the recent sectarian violence in Bangladesh, incited by an incident in which a Quran was placed on the lap of an idol in a Hindu temple in the country’s Cumilla District, on October 13, 2021....
On October 26, 2021, Philippines Army forces uncovered an IED workshop in Barangay Dolos, Bulan, Sorsogon. In the workshop, components for IEDs of various sizes and configurations were recovered. In the past year, anti-personnel IEDs resembling large Claymore-type mines, produced...
In recent months, we have tracked a number of incidents involving the use of IEDs prepared by forces opposing military rule in Myanmar. Prominent among these was the emergence of high-quality omnidirectional fragmentation IEDs in two incidents documented in May...
This report delivers an in-depth analysis of the production method for erythritol nitrate using erythritol, potassium nitrate and sulfuric acid, as posted by a jihadist forum member. The presented synthesis does not necessitate the use of nitric acid as a...
In early August 2021, a newly formed Al Qaeda-aligned media unit redistributed an Arabic-language manual directed at potential lone wolf attackers, particularly Muslims residing in the US, Europe and Russia. A comprehensive book covering a wide variety of fields, it aims...