On 6 August 2024, Columbus Police Department officers responded to an apartment building on the 500 block of N. Nelson Road in Columbus after a man allegedly assaulted a woman and threatened her with an improvised incendiary device (IID). During this incident, the suspect burned parts of a dish towel and functioned an IID comprising a bottle of grain alcohol and a piece of the towel over the victim’s head. At the scene, police officers found two dish towels and a lighter near the bottle of grain alcohol.

On 12 August 2024, Elko County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad technicians responded to an Elko County subdivision for reports of a backpack containing explosive devices on a residential property. Bomb squad technicians identified the devices as a modified pineapple-style hand grenade, dynamite, one electric blasting cap, and a Vietnam War-era smoke grenade. Bomb squad technicians disposed of the devices via controlled detonation. No charges will be filed because the owner of the explosives is deceased. 

On 10 August 2024, at approximately 0100 hours local time, video footage captured two male teenagers functioning a pyrotechnic on the front porch of a residence on the 4800 block of West Village Trail in Ada. The suspects, who appeared to be filming themselves, knocked on the door of the home before functioning the pyrotechnic and fleeing the scene. The explosion damaged the home and left behind a “powder-like substance.” No further details have been released. Kent County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating.

On 14 August 2024, at approximately 0200 hours local time, Atlanta Police Department officers and Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department crews responded to a construction site on the 2000 block of Memorial Drive for reports of a fire. Local authorities, Georgia Bureau of Investigation detectives, ATF agents, DHS representatives, and FBI investigators examined the scene and determined that two suspects used three improvised incendiary devices (IIDs) to set fire to two pieces of construction equipment.

On 6 August 2024, at approximately 0436 hours local time, an unidentified suspect emplaced an improvised incendiary device (IID) in a vehicle parked outside a Sumner home, which ignited as the suspect fled the scene. The vehicle sustained major damage to both the interior and exterior. The owner witnessed the vehicle engulfed in smoke before it exploded and attempted to extinguish the fire as Sumner Police Department officers and East Pierce Fire & Rescue crews arrived to prevent damage to the home. The resident believes that the attack was targeted toward his children.