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  • California: IID Ignited Outside Bank, 1 Arrested
    Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 13:38
    TRIPwire, 2 May 2023 On 28 April 2023, at approximately 1442 hours local time, Milpitas Police Department (MPD) officers responded to a bank on East Calaveras Boulevard after an improvised incendiary device (IID) functioned in front of the building, starting a fire. According to MPD officers, a suspect placed the device on the ground, lit it on fire and fled the scene. The fire was extinguished, and no damage or injuries were reported. No further device details have been released. A 41-year-old male suspect was arrested and charged with attempted arson and possession of an incendiary device.
  • Missouri: IED Discovered in Suspect’s Possession, 1 Arrested
    Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 13:37
    TRIPwire, 2 May 2023 On 24 April 2023, Springfield Police Department officers responded to a report of people going through mailboxes on East Linwood and located a suspect who possessed a small IED, stolen IDs, and controlled substances. Springfield Fire Department’s bomb squad responded to assist and safely removed the device from the scene. No further device details were provided. The 20-year-old male suspect was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, trafficking in stolen identities, and unlawful possession of an illegal weapon.
  • Bulgaria: Roadside IED Functioned in Assassination Attempt
    Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 13:36
    TRIPwire, 2 May 2023 On 1 May 2023, at approximately 1130 hours local time, the chief prosecutor of Bulgaria was in a motorcade traveling to Sofia when an IED emplaced on a sharp turn of the road functioned, throwing fragments toward the vehicles. No injuries were reported. According to media reporting, the IED was triggered remotely, causing a blast equivalent to three kilograms (~6 lb 10 oz) of TNT, leaving a crater 30-40 centimeters (~12-16 in) deep with a diameter of nearly three meters (~10 ft). No further device details were provided, but authorities are continuing to search for detonators and fragments at the scene. Criminal proceedings have been opened for an act of terrorism, and the investigation is ongoing.
  • Malaysia: IED Functioned Outside Shop, 3 RCIEDs Discovered
    Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 13:34
    TRIPwire, 2 May 2023 On 2 May 2023, at approximately 0600 hours local time, local police responded to a report of an IED that functioned outside a shop in Jalan Klang Lama. During the search, police collected fragments from the device and discovered three additional remote-controlled IEDs (RCIEDs) constructed with white PVC pipes. No injuries were reported, and no further device details have been released. The Fire and Rescue Department, Bomb Squad, and the Forensic Department responded to assist with the ongoing investigation.
  • Illinois: Explosive Device Found in Trailer Park
    Monday, May 1, 2023 - 13:58
    TRIPwire, 1 May 2023 On 29 April 2023, at approximately 0250 hours local time, a Marissa Police Department officer discovered an explosive device in a trailer park on Hotz Street after responding to an altercation involving a suspicious person. The Illinois Secretary of State Police Bomb Squad, the Scott Air Force Base Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, as well as law enforcement from St. Clair County and New Athens, responded to assist. According to authorities, the device was described as viable but “the way it was lit did not actually cause it to detonate.” No further device details were provided. The FBI is assisting in the ongoing investigation.
  • Georgia: Pipe Bombs Seized in Residence During ATM Explosion Investigation
    Monday, May 1, 2023 - 13:57
    TRIPwire, 1 May 2023 On 29 April 2023, at approximately 0700 hours local time, the DeKalb County Police Department (DCPD), ATF, FBI, and DCPD Bomb Squad seized several pipe bombs while executing a search warrant of a suspect’s home in Decatur. The search warrant was in connection to a 29 March 2023 pipe bomb attack on a bank ATM in North Decatur. The ATM sustained significant damage, and the suspect was able to flee with an unknown amount of cash. No further device details were released. The suspect was arrested and is awaiting official charges. The investigation is ongoing.
  • Tennessee: IIDs Thrown at Businesses
    Monday, May 1, 2023 - 13:55
    TRIPwire, 1 May 2023 On 28 April 2023, media reporting indicated that the ATF is investigating a series of improvised incendiary device (IID) attacks against two businesses in Memphis. On 23 April at approximately 0350 hours local time, a suspect in a camouflage mask was captured on surveillance camera footage throwing two IIDs, described as Molotov cocktails, onto the roof of a business on Frayser-Raleigh Road causing damage to the business. On 26 April, at approximately 2145 hours, surveillance camera footage captured a suspect exiting the front passenger seat of a car in the parking lot of a restaurant on American Way and throwing three IIDs, described as Molotov cocktails, onto the roof of the business. No further details about the IIDs in either incident have been released. The investigations are ongoing.
  • Italy: Explosives Used in ATM Attack
    Monday, May 1, 2023 - 13:54
    TRIPwire, 1 May 2023 On 29 April 2023, at approximately 0100 hours local time, the local mobile squad responded to a bank in Viale Po in Cremona after unidentified suspects used explosives to attack the bank’s ATM and fled the scene with an estimated 70,000 euros [~$76,816]. No further details about the explosives have been released. The blast destroyed the ATM and caused moderate damage to the bank, but no injuries were reported. The incident remains under investigation.
  • Germany: Explosives Used in ATM Attack
    Monday, May 1, 2023 - 13:53
    TRIPwire, 1 May 2023 On 1 May 2023, at approximately 0249 hours local time, unknown suspects used explosives to attack an ATM in the lobby of a bakery in Werth, Isselburg, before fleeing the scene. No further details on the explosives have been released, and it is unclear whether any cash was stolen. The explosion destroyed the ATM and the anteroom housing it. No injuries were reported, and the investigation is ongoing.
  • New Hampshire: Pipe Bombs Function Hours Apart, 1 Arrested
    Friday, April 28, 2023 - 15:31
    TRIPwire, 28 April 2023 On 26 April 2023, at approximately 1810 hours local time, the Weare Police Department and New Hampshire State Police Bomb Squad responded after a pipe bomb functioned on Dustin Tavern Road in Weare, injuring one bystander. A second pipe bomb, described as a plastic PVC pipe that contained black powder with black tape holding the end caps, functioned on 27 April at approximately 0650 hours on Sugar Hill Road. A man sustained minor injuries in the second blast. No further device details have been released. A 54-year-old male suspect was arrested, and authorities found a third pipe bomb following a search of his residence and vehicle. Bomb squad technicians rendered the device safe. The suspect was charged with throwing/placing explosives, possession of an infernal machine, and reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, among other charges.

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