On 21 January 2025, at approximately 1530 hours local time, Westminster Police Department, North Worcester County Drug Task Force, and the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit executed a search warrant at a home on the 100 block of East Road in Westminster as part of an investigation into alleged drug activity. At the home, authorities discovered “an unsafe amount of explosive materials,” in addition to cash and various drugs.

On 17 January 2025, Hardin County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded following reports of an armed suspect on Tabbs Hollow Road in Summit. At the scene, deputies encountered a male suspect, armed with a firearm and a knife, reportedly making threats that he had a live grenade and had pulled the pin. Deputies noted that the suspect appeared to be under the influence of drugs and exhibited mental health issues, leading to an attempt to convince the suspect to accept mental health support.

On 19 December 2024, media reporting indicated that the Galatina State Police Station and Southern Puglia Crime Prevention Department found 300 IEDs, described as “paper bombs,” and over 20 kg [~44 pounds] of pyrotechnic devices in a house in Noha di Galatina. The Brindisi Border Police Bomb Squad responded to assist and examined the materials, which were seized and removed. No further information has been released.

On 6 January 2025, at approximately 1100 hours local time, Federal Capital Territory Police Command’s bomb squad and other local authorities responded after an IED functioned on the veranda of an Islamic school in a village near Abuja. The IED functioned as it was being tampered with, killing two of the three suspects who brought the IED to the school and injuring the third. A fourth individual was also injured in the explosion. Bomb squad technicians recovered remnants of the IED from the scene. The investigation is ongoing. 

On 17 December 2024, a buried IED, described as an improvised landmine, functioned during a patrol conducted by Mexican military members in an unspecified location in Buenavista in Michoacan state, killing an army sergeant and a national guard member. Military authorities responded to the incident and reportedly attributed the explosion to gang activity in the area. No additional details have been released. Several other IEDs in the area were rendered safe. The investigation is ongoing.