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Belgium: Explosive Device Functioned Outside Building, 2 Arrested

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Mon, 01/23/2023 - 14:19

TRIPwire, 23 January 2023
On 23 January 2023, at approximately 0415 hours local time, local police responded to a building in Brasschaat after an explosive device was functioned at the building door, damaging the door. According to authorities, “heavy pyrotechnics were probably used,” but no further device details have been released. Police arrested a 19-year-old male from Maasmechelen and an 18-year-old Dutch woman. The incident remains under investigation.

France: Explosion at ATM, 1 Arrested

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Mon, 01/23/2023 - 14:18

TRIPwire, 23 January 2023

Ohio: Commercial Explosives Discovered at Construction Company

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 14:18

TRIPwire, 20 January 2023
On 19 January 2023, Mansfield Fire Department crews and Ashland County Sheriff's Department Bomb Squad technicians responded to a construction company on East Longview Avenue after an employee discovered commercial explosives, labeled as “cartridged water gel explosive,” while cleaning out a storage locker. Bomb squad technicians removed about 10 sticks of the explosives to be rendered safe with the assistance of the Ashland Fire Department.

Argentina: IIDs Thrown at Bus Yard, 7 Arrested

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 14:17

TRIPwire, 20 January 2023
On 19 January 2023, local police and fire crews responded to the border of the Berazategui and Florencio Varela suburbs of Buenos Aires after seven suspects threw improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as Molotov cocktails, at a bus yard which houses about 120 out-of-service buses. The IIDs initiated a blaze that caused extensive damage to the buses and the bus yard. No injuries were reported, and no further device details have been released. The seven suspects were arrested, and the investigation is ongoing.

Italy: IID Thrown at Business

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 14:15

TRIPwire, 20 January 2023
On 19 January 2023, local police and firefighters responded after unidentified suspects threw an improvised incendiary device (IID) at a furniture store in via Gaetano de Pasquali in Licata, causing minimal fire damage to the entrance of the business. No further device details have been released, and no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.

Pakistan: PBIED Attack at Police Outpost, 3 Officers Killed

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 14:12

TRIPwire, 20 January 2023
On 19 January 2023, a suicide bomber detonated a person-borne IED (PBIED) at a police outpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing 3 police officers. No further device details have been released. According to authorities, four heavily armed assailants, including the suicide bomber, opened fire and threw hand grenades at the outpost before the PBIED was detonated. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.

Florida: Ordnance Taken to Pawn Shop

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 13:26

TRIPwire, 19 January 2023
On 17 January 2023, at approximately 1500 hours local time, North Port Police Department (NPPD) officers responded to U.S. 41 and Eager Avenue after a man attempted to sell a live (unfired) 75mm ordnance from World War I at a nearby pawn shop. According to officers, the man came across the ordnance after helping a friend clean out their house. Explosive experts from NPPD, Sarasota Police Department, and MacDill Air Force Base also responded to assist, and the ordnance was transported to the base to be rendered safe.

Oklahoma: Explosive Device Detonated in Mailbox

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 13:23

TRIPwire, 19 January 2023
On 14 January 2023, at approximately 0000 hours local time, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a residence on South Henney Road and Southeast 29th Street after unknown suspects detonated an explosive device inside the mailbox. No further device details have been released, but surveillance footage shows a suspect placing the explosives inside the mailbox, followed by two explosions. Oklahoma County Bomb Squad technicians responded to assist. No injuries were reported, and the investigation is ongoing.

Sweden: Explosives Functioned at Office Building Gate

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 13:21

TRIPwire, 19 January 2023
On 18 January 2023, local police and bomb squads responded after a large explosive charge was detonated at the gate of an office area in Kista in northwest Stockholm. The gate was destroyed and the first and second floors of the building sustained significant damage. No further device details have been released, and no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.

Illinois: IID Thrown at Nonprofit Clinic

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Wed, 01/18/2023 - 16:57

TRIPwire, 18 January 2023
On 15 January 2023, at approximately 2332 hours local time, Peoria Police Department officers and Peoria Fire Department (PFD) crews responded to a nonprofit clinic on North Knoxville Avenue after an unidentified suspect threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, through the clinic’s window, causing a fire in the building. No further device details were provided. A PFD firefighter suffered minor injuries and the building sustained significant damages. The investigation is ongoing.