TGA0718 Pipe IED Instructions Emerge in Social Media Linked to Mahsa Amini Protests, Iran
January 2, 2023In mid-November 2022, Iranian social media channels on Telegram, YouTube and Twitter started disseminating instructions for the preparation of IEDs. This marks a progression since the start of the mass protests in September 2022, after the death of Mahsa Amini,...
Mobius report 96/2022 – Double IED Attack, Jerusalem, Israel
January 2, 2023On November 23, 2202, two IED attacks targeted two different bus stations in Jerusalem, Israel, about 30 minutes apart. At 07:05 AM, the first IED, planted next to a bus stop at the entrance to Jerusalem, initiated. Two people were...
Mobius report 95/2022 – Sea Mines in the Ukrainian Arena
January 2, 2023During 2022, maritime threats on the coasts and in the territorial waters of Ukraine increased, specifically, in the Mariupol region, in the Sea of Azov, on the southeastern coast; in the Odesa region, in the Black Sea, on the southwest...
Mobius report 94/2022 – Improvised Booby Traps Targeting EOD Technicians and Deminers, Ukraine
January 2, 2023In early December 2022, reports began to surface from bomb disposal units operating in Ukraine regarding the use of new, improvised booby traps employed by Russian military forces specifically targeting bomb disposal personnel and mine clearers, mainly in areas from...
Mobius report 93/2022 – IED Placed Outside a Casino, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
January 2, 2023On December 15, 2022, an IED was planted near the entrance to the Nagaworld-2 hotel-casino complex in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The area was cordoned off and two hours later, the IED initiated, without being neutralized. The next day,...
Mobius report 92/2022 – VBIED Attack Targets Police Residential Complex, Narathiwat, Thailand
January 2, 2023On November 22, 2022, at around 12:45 PM, a VBIED initiated outside a police residential complex on Suriya Pradit Street, in Narathiwat Province, in southern Thailand. The complex is located opposite the Narasikhalai High School. Thai media reported that in...
Mobius report 91/2022 – PBIED Attack with Two Pressure Cookers, Astana Police Station, Bandung, Indonesia
January 2, 2023On December 7, 2022, a suicide bomber initiated a PBIED at the entrance to the Astana Anyar Police Station in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The attack occurred while the police officers were gathered for their morning briefing, killing one of...
Mobius report 90/2022 – Man-Portable Counter-UAS in Combat Zones
January 2, 2023Man-Portable Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (counter-UAS) were first introduced in the previous decade, mainly as countermeasures used by close security details, and for the protection of major events and strategic infrastructure. However, evidence has shown that with the growing threat of...
Mobius report 89/2022 – Double SVBIED Attack Targets Somali Ministry, Mogadishu
January 2, 2023On October 29, 2022, two SVBIEDs were used to attack the Somali Ministry of Culture and Higher Education in Mogadishu, resulting in hundreds of casualties and injuries. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the staggered, double attack and celebrated the destruction of...
