Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
On 19 December 2024, at approximately 1200 hours local time, South Australia Police located an IED and numerous explosive precursor chemicals, including a bag labeled “potassium nitrogen,” inside a home in Henley Beach South. Two suspects, a 48-year-old man and a 29-year-old man, were arrested and charged with manufacturing explosives.
Source story here.
On 6 January 2025, at approximately 1100 hours local time, Federal Capital Territory Police Command’s bomb squad and other local authorities responded after an IED functioned on the veranda of an Islamic school in a village near Abuja. The IED functioned as it was being tampered with, killing two of the three suspects who brought the IED to the school and injuring the third. A fourth individual was also injured in the explosion. Bomb squad technicians recovered remnants of the IED from the scene. The investigation is ongoing.
On 7 January 2025, at approximately 1812 hours local time, General Inspectorate of Border Police officers flagged a suspicious package during routine postal inspections and discovered an IED hidden inside a remote-controlled toy car at the Chișinău International Airport. The package reportedly originated from Ukraine and was bound for Tbilisi, Georgia. Authorities isolated the package and called in bomb disposal experts from the BOMBTEH unit, who successfully rendered safe the IED. The investigation is ongoing.
On 17 December 2024, a buried IED, described as an improvised landmine, functioned during a patrol conducted by Mexican military members in an unspecified location in Buenavista in Michoacan state, killing an army sergeant and a national guard member. Military authorities responded to the incident and reportedly attributed the explosion to gang activity in the area. No additional details have been released. Several other IEDs in the area were rendered safe. The investigation is ongoing.
On 17 December 2024, multiple law enforcement agencies, bomb technicians, and federal investigators, including the FBI, searched a 20-acre farm on Foursquare Road in Isle of Wight County and seized more than 150 pipe bombs and other IEDs, homemade explosives (HME), and BMM. The majority of the finished IEDs, as well as several training aids, were discovered in a detached garage, and some of which had been inserted into a wearable vest.
On 1 Jan 2025, at approximately 0840 hours local time, a vehicle-borne IED (VBIED), described as an electric pickup truck containing pyrotechnic devices, gasoline, and camping fuel, functioned outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas, injuring seven people. The initial explosion was a fuel-air deflagration, and additional explosions were caused by 20 gallons of gasoline poured over at least 60.2 pounds of explosives. According to officials, the 37-year-old male driver died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound prior to the blast.
On 26 December 2024, Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) investigators executed a search warrant at a home in Valparaiso and discovered nine explosive devices, a stolen shotgun, a rifle, and a small quantity of unspecified drugs. Based on a photo, six of the IEDs were red, white, and blue striped cylindrical tubes capped on both ends with fuses protruding from one end, while another pictured device was a larger cylindrical tube wrapped in green tape, sealed on both ends and possessing a fuse.
On 1 January 2025, at approximately 0315 hours local time, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) responded to reports of a vehicle ramming into a crowd of pedestrians on Bourbon Street, which killed 14 people and injured over 30 others. The driver of the vehicle, a 42-year-old man from Texas, was killed after exchanging gunfire with officers. ATF, FBI, and DHS personnel were called to the scene to assist.
On 1 January 2025, at approximately 0000 hours local time, the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) and other local first responders responded to an explosion at a residence on Keaka Drive in Honolulu caused by illegal aerial pyrotechnics falling onto crates of additional pyrotechnics killing four people and injuring 20 others. The home caught fire and sustained extensive damage. HPD’s Specialized Services Division Bomb Unit responded to assist and rendered safe other pyrotechnics that were found but did not function. The investigation is ongoing.
On 9 January 2025, at approximately 0630 hours local time, the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue and Fort Lauderdale Police Department responded to a report of a fire in a parking lot on the 5300 block of Northwest 33rd Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. At the scene, officers encountered a large fire and a suspect throwing IIDs, described as Molotov cocktails, at mattresses and chairs in the parking lot. According to the police chief, the suspect was killed after officers discharged their weapons when the suspect did not comply with orders to drop the IID.