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On 13 August 2024, surveillance video captured a man throwing an improvised incendiary device (IID) at a restaurant on the 1400 block of N. Surf Road in Hollywood. Hollywood Police Department officers responded to the scene at approximately 0500 hours local time, where they discovered burn marks from the IID, described as a Molotov cocktail, but no further damage. The business appears to have been targeted by the same suspect in a June 2024 IID attack. No further details have been released. The investigation is ongoing. 

On 26 July 2024, Limestone County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) deputies encountered a man and a woman pushing a motorcycle along Zehner Road in Athens while investigating a report of a stolen motorcycle. Deputies attempted to contact the pair, but the suspects fled the scene, dropping two backpacks in the process. Deputies recovered the backpacks and discovered what they believed to be an IED inside one of them. The Huntsville Police Department’s Bomb Squad was called to the scene. Bomb squad technicians examined the device, confirmed it to be an IED, and rendered it safe.

On 14 July 2024, at approximately 1240 hours local time, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies responded to a home in the 6100 block of Marmalade Lane in Aiken for a report of a burglary. At the scene, ACSO deputies located a black pickup truck identified by the complainant as being involved in the burglary. Two suspects, a 44-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman, were arrested. Deputies searched the vehicle and discovered what they believed to be an IED described as pipe bomb inside a backpack, as well as a “makeshift cane gun” loaded with one round.

On 1 June 2024, at approximately 0545 hours local time, fire crews responded to a home on the 6000 Block of Buckingham Court in Norcross for a reported fire. The home was severely damaged by the fire, which displaced a family of four and seriously injured one man. At the scene, Gwinnett County Fire Investigators discovered improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as gasoline-filled plastic bags and bottles with napkins. That same day, at approximately 0604 hours, fire crews responded to another fire approximately 3 miles away on the 1300 block of Turners Ridge Drive in Norcross.

On 5 June 2024, at approximately 1300 hours local time, Henry County Sheriff's Department (HCSD) deputies, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agents and the ATF arrested a 53-year-old male suspect after discovering an IED while searching his Buchanan residence. HCSD deputies initially responded to a 911 call made by the suspect reporting a drug overdose. Upon arrival, deputies discovered an IED described as a PVC pipe with black wires taped to it on the home's front porch.