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  • Pennsylvania: 2 Explosive Devices Discovered inside Residence
    Friday, June 2, 2023 - 08:32
    TRIPwire, 1 June 2023 On 31 May 2023, at approximately 1500 hours local time, Girardville Fire Department (GFD), Girardville Police Department, and Borough Police Department officers responded to a residence on West Main Street after an explosive device, described as a homemade pipe bomb with signs of electrical detonation, was discovered by a building maintenance worker in the ceiling of a vacant apartment. FBI and State Police Bomb Squad technicians responded to the scene and rendered the device safe inside the apartment. According to the GFD, fire crews discovered a second device in the apartment’s ceiling and rendered it safe as well. No further device details have been released. The incident remains under investigation.
  • Texas: IIDs Thrown at Apartment Complex
    Friday, June 2, 2023 - 08:30
    TRIPwire, 1 June 2023 On 27 May 2023, unidentified suspects threw improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as Molotov cocktails, at an apartment complex on Jenkins Road in Pasadena. According to authorities, there were at least three reports of four IIDs being thrown at the complex over the same weekend. Video surveillance shows a person running through the parking lot and throwing a device onto the pavement before it functioned. The complex did not sustain any damages, and no injuries have been reported. No further device details have been released. The investigation is ongoing.
  • Ecuador: IED Targets Transit Authority Offices
    Friday, June 2, 2023 - 08:28
    TRIPwire, 1 June 2023 On 31 May 2023, local police in Duran responded to a transit authority office after unidentified suspects threw an IED described as “a device full of nails and metal shrapnel,” into the building, causing damages to the windows and sidewalk. No injuries were reported, and no further device details have been released. Criminal proceedings have been opened for an act of terrorism, and the investigation is ongoing.
  • Mexico: IIDs Used to Target Business
    Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 13:42
    TRIPwire, 31 May 2023 On 30 May 2023, media reporting indicated that local police responded to a business in the Puerto Mexico neighborhood of Coatzacoalcos after unidentified suspects used improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as Molotov cocktails, to target a business that sells purified water. No further device details have been released and no injuries were reported. The front of the building and the automatic dispenser sustained extensive damage. The investigation is ongoing.
  • Arkansas: 3 IEDs, Binary Explosives, and BMM Discovered in Residence
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 15:25
    TRIPwire, 30 May 2023 On 25 May 2023, the 16th Judicial District Drug Task Force and Mountain View Police Department executed a search warrant at a residence on East Webb Street as part of an investigation into possession of a controlled substance and firearms, and discovered three IEDs, bottles of binary explosive material, unspecified bomb-making material (BMM), firearms, and narcotics. No further details on the IEDs, binary explosive material, or BMM were released. Conway Fire Department Bomb Squad technicians responded to the scene and rendered the IEDs safe. A 40-year-old male suspect was arrested and charged with criminal possession of explosive materials or a destructive device and possession of firearms by certain persons, among other charges.
  • Minnesota: 2 IIDs Recovered by Authorities
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 15:20
    TRIPwire, 30 May 2023 On 27 May 2023, Winnebago Police Department officers recovered two improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as small propane canisters with a wick coming out of the top of them for ignition, which were found in the city after authorities received two phone calls. The Faribault County Sheriff’s Office and the Winnebago Fire Department also assisted in the investigation. No further device details have been released. The investigation is ongoing.
  • Canada: IID Thrown at Business
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 15:18
    TRIPwire, 30 May 2023 On 27 May 2023, at approximately 0320 hours local time, Montreal Police (SPVM) and local fire crews responded to a business on Saint-Denis Street in Villeray following reports of a fire. When officers arrived, they discovered the window and glass door of the property were shattered and found an improvised incendiary device (IID) at the scene. No injuries were reported, and no further device details have been released. The investigation is ongoing.
  • Netherlands: Explosive Device Used to Target Currency Exchange Office
    Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 15:17
    TRIPwire, 30 May 2023 On 28 May 2023, at approximately 0500 hours local time, local police responded to a Surinamese currency exchange office in Rotterdam after it was targeted by an explosive device. The front door sustained minor damage. No further device details have been released, and no injuries were reported. The incident is part of a string of attacks targeting branches of a Suriname currency exchange company since January 2023. The investigation is ongoing.
  • Pennsylvania: 2 Pipe Bombs Discovered in Residence
    Friday, May 26, 2023 - 13:33
    TRIPwire, 26 May 2023 On 25 May 2023, Morrisville Police Department officers, Bucks County detectives, the Philadelphia Bomb Squad, and federal authorities responded to a residence on South Pennsylvania Avenue and recovered what appeared to be two PVC pipe bombs inside. The Philadelphia Bomb Squad removed the devices from the residence. The apparent pipe bombs will be examined by the bomb squad, the ATF, and the FBI. No further device details have been released, and there were no injuries. No arrests have been announced. The investigation is ongoing.
  • Netherlands: Explosive Device Targets Money Exchange Office
    Friday, May 26, 2023 - 13:30
    TRIPwire, 26 May 2023 On 26 May 2023, at approximately 0400 hours local time, an unknown suspect used an explosive device to target a Surinamese money exchange office in Amsterdam before fleeing the scene on foot. The blast damaged the office and a neighboring building. No injuries were reported. A forensic investigation team and local bomb squad responded to assist and conducted a post-blast analysis of the scene and examined the explosive material. Three separate blasts occurred at the company’s other Amsterdam branches within several days. No further device details were provided. The investigation is ongoing.

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