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...
Terrogence Hydra report – November 2022
December 17, 2022As FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 nears its final stages, this month’s In Focus item analyzes the various responses to the football tournament and its host, Qatar, by the two major jihadi groups – Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. AQ...
TGA0717 – VBIED Attack Targets pro-Russia Media Center, Melitopol, Ukraine
December 2, 2022On the morning of October 25, 2022, a VBIED was initiated next to the office of a pro-Russia media company in Melitopol, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. According to pro-Ukraine reports, the location is also where the office of the acting...
TGA0716 – Militants Introduce Weaponized Fixed-Wing UAVs, Myanmar
December 2, 2022Between October 21 and November 8, 2022, three dedicated UAV units affiliated with the Lion Battalion Commando, operating under the auspices of the Kawthoolei Army, documented their testing and operational use of UAVs weaponized for combat in southeastern Myanmar’s Kayin...
TGA0715 – Iran’s Meraj-521 Tube-Launched Loitering Munition
December 2, 2022On October 17, 2022, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps revealed for the first time its tube-launched loitering munition, the Meraj-521, which can be rapidly deployed by a single person or a small squad. This loitering munition is comparable with other...
TGA0714 – Houthis Threaten Oil Tankers with Loitering Munitions, Southern Yemen
December 2, 2022On November 9, 2022, a Houthi loitering munition initiated next to an oil tanker attempting to dock at the port of Qena, in Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate. The attack, which resulted in two injuries and minor damage to the tanker, was...
Mobius report 88/2022 – Powerful IED Attack, Cristo del Consuelo, Guayaquil, Ecuador
December 2, 2022On August 13, 2022, an IED initiated on 10th and H Street, in Cristo del Consuelo, in the south of the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil. Five people were killed and 23 were injured, two seriously. In addition, eight homes,...
Mobius report 87/2022 – Weapons and IEDs Seized from Areas under Russian Control, Ukraine
December 2, 2022Since July 2022, Ukrainian partisan groups have been captured in cities occupied by Russia, in possession of firearms, ammunition, IEDs, and different initiation systems. On July 15, 2022, a group was apprehended in the city of Kherson, in possession of...
Mobius report 86/2022 – Work Accident on a Rickshaw, Mangaluru, India
December 2, 2022On November 19, 2022, an IED initiated inside a rickshaw traveling in Kankanady, on the outskirts of Mangaluru, in Karnataka State, at around 4:30 PM. After the explosion, the remains of a pressure cooker, metal nuts, batteries, wires and a...
