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Aran Dharmeratnam

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Protective fitness: How training can make you harder to break and faster to react in 2026

By Aran Dharmeratnam The new year is here and many of you will look to sharpen up, lean up and step up. Before you head to the gym or park, I’d...

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How many children must be taken before Nigeria’s school abduction crisis is treated as an emergency?

How many children must be taken before Nigeria’s school abduction crisis is treated as an emergency?

By Aran Dharmeratnam It is always tragic news when you hear about violence aimed at schools and children. From sporadic shootings to planned terror...

20.12.2025 4

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Bondi Beach’s terror attack shattered a place of joy, and its security lessons are painfully clear

By Aran Dharmeratnam The attack that took place on Sunday 14 December on Bondi Beach has understandably caught the attention of the general public...

16.12.2025 5

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I'm a security expert - this is what I tell clients about handling a knife attack

By Aran Dharmeratnam In over 20 years working in the self-protection field, there is one threat I'm all too familiar with. It's a threat that...

04.11.2025 6

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The Louvre heist is a wake-up call: France’s most famous museum was far easier to breach than anyone wants to admit

By Aran Dharmeratnam Sunday morning was an interesting moment to choose for initiating what can be described as a bolshie and decisive theft at...

21.10.2025 10

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Trump’s visit to Britain comes amid rising lone-wolf violence and fragile US–UK ties

By Aran Dharmeratnam President Trump’s visit will hopefully rekindle US UK relations where there have certainly been some fraying threads....

19.09.2025 6

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