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TRIPwire, 17 January 2023
On 15 January 2023, militants emplaced an IED inside a church in Kasindi, which was functioned as churchgoers were praying, killing at least 17 and injuring approximately 50 others. No further device details have been released. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.
TRIPwire, 17 January 2023
On 15 January 2023, at approximately 0700 hours local time, the Montreal police (SPVM) arson squad responded to 12th Avenue in the Lachine borough after an unknown suspect threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at a moving vehicle, causing it to catch fire. No further device details have been released. The vehicle sustained extensive damage, but no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 13 January 2023
TRIPwire, 13 January 2023
On 12 January 2023, at approximately 0345 hours local time, local authorities responded after two unidentified suspects on a motorcycle threw an IED at supporters outside a local sports club in Maroussi in Athens. Eight shops, seven homes, and two vehicles were damaged in the explosion, but no injuries were reported. No further device details were provided. The investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 13 January 2023
On 11 January 2023, local police and a bomb disposal squad responded to a private clinic in Lunda Sharif Adda in Dera Ismail Khan district, after an IED emplaced by an unknown suspect functioned, destroying the clinic and damaging several shops nearby. No injuries were reported, and no further device details were provided. The investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 12 January 2023
TRIPwire, 12 January 2023
On 11 January 2023, at approximately 0805 hours local time, Si Sakhon police responded to Ban Iryaeng Road in Narathiwat province after a roadside IED functioned as eight defense volunteers, riding on four motorcycles, were returning to their base after escorting teachers to the local school. The explosion killed one volunteer and injured two others. No further device details have been released. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 11 January 2023
TRIPwire, 11 January 2023
TRIPwire, 11 January 2023
On 9 January 2023, the vice president’s security team discovered an IED, described as containing 7 kilograms [~15.4 lb] of explosives, made of ammonium nitrate, powdered aluminum, and fragmentation, emplaced by a rural road leading to the vice president’s home in the southwestern province of Cauca. Anti-explosives personnel responded to assist and rendered the device safe through a controlled detonation. The incident remains under investigation.