Final Presentation Project on Suicide Vests, 20 March 2019
Based on common cooperation between the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (Bundeskriminalamt, BKA) and the C-IED CoE the final and official presentation of the common research project on “Suicide Vests” has been held on 20th March 2019 in BKA HQ.The German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) as leader of this project was supported by the German Army Technical Center for Weapons and Ammunition (WTD-91) which was divided in two main phases, the first one focused on “outdoor tests” conducted in Germany and the last one on “indoor tests” in Spain. Indoor tests in ESP were supported by the C-IED COE, ESP MoD, ESP Navy (Marines) and ESP Academia. Six presentations regarding outdoor and indoor tests have been shown by participant organizations. Audience understood objectives, many tasks carried out along two years and also conclusions and recommendations on effects produced by suicide vests explosions in human beings, personnel protection equipment (PPE) and infrastructure. Common Research project on “Suicide Vests” has been a real an interagency C-IED research. It has been a short but very successful history of research cooperation among participants coming from German and Spanish Armed Forces, Law Enforcement, Governmental bodies, Academia and C-IED COE.