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On 7 January 2024, Garden Grove Police responded to a restaurant on Mallard Drive for a reported improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, that was thrown into a parked vehicle. The car ignited, and the police believe the perpetrator was hurt as well. A male suspect was caught on surveillance video, but the restaurant owners were unable to identify the man. The investigation is ongoing.
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On 1 January 2024, at approximately 1450 hours local time, local authorities received a report of a suspicious object outside a home in Newry, Northern Ireland. Army technical officers responded to assist and examined the device, described as a pipe bomb, before removing it from the scene for further forensic examination. No further device details were provided. The same property was targeted on 18 October 2023, when two improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as petrol bombs, were thrown into the yard, starting a fire. The investigation is ongoing.
Between 27 and 28 December 2023, four incidents involving explosive devices occurred in four cities. In Almere, an explosive device functioned and severely damaged the entrance to an apartment complex, destroying the mailboxes and doorbells. Ten homes were evacuated, and no injuries were reported. An explosive device similarly functioned at a commercial property in Vlaardingen, the second occurrence in the building in two weeks.
On 31 December 2023, at approximately 0500 hours local time, unidentified suspects used explosive devices to attack ATMs at a bank located in Bundenthal, Südwestpfalz, before fleeing the scene. It is unclear if any money was stolen. Witnesses reported hearing the explosion, which destroyed the ATMs and the building housing them and ignited a fire, which fire crews extinguished. No injuries were reported. Local explosives experts responded to assist and conducted a post-blast analysis of the scene. No additional devices were discovered, and no device-related details have been released.
On 1 January 2024, at approximately 1840 hours local time, King County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a parking garage at Kent Station on the Sounder commuter rail line for a report of juveniles functioning explosive devices and fleeing. An explosive device that had not been functioned was discovered at the scene. The King County Bomb Disposal Unit responded to assist and removed the device for disposal. No further device details were provided. No damage or injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
On 30 November 2023, at approximately 0400 hours local time, local authorities received a report of arson caused by an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, in Rosslare Harbour, Wexford. The IID destroyed a forklift at the construction site of an asylum seeker center. No injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 6 June 2023 On 3 June 2023, Muncie Police Department officers responded to a residence on West 15th Street after a suspect threw improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as Molotov cocktails, at a neighbor's chicken coop and doghouse. No injuries were reported. The 20-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with attempted murder, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, criminal mischief, and attempted cruelty to an animal.
TRIPwire, 6 June 2023 On 6 June 2023, at approximately 0100 hours local time, Montreal police (SPVM) officers responded to a restaurant in Montreal, after an unidentified suspect was seen throwing an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at the facade of the building. Fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze. The building was severely damaged, but no injuries were reported. The SPVM Arson Squad is handling the ongoing investigation.
TRIPwire, 5 June 2023 On 3 June 2023, at approximately 1245 hours local time, Citrus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies responded to a residence in Crystal River after an IED was discovered near the mailbox at the end of a driveway. No further device details have been released. The CCSO Bomb Squad responded to assist and confirmed the IED was viable. Bomb technicians used a robot to render the device safe and removed it from the scene for offsite disposal. The incident remains under investigation.
TRIPwire, 5 June 2023 On 2 June 2023, at approximately 1106 hours local time, the Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety found a suspected pipe bomb after a Pier Park employee alerted authorities that they had thrown a suspicious metal object, found near the pedestrian drop-off area, into the lake. The ATF, Detroit Police Department Bomb Squad, and Michigan State Police responded to assist. The device was recovered from the lake and bomb technicians determined it was a pipe bomb measuring approximately 5-6 inches long, before rendering it safe.