On 19 September 2024, at approximately 1430 hours local time, Rowley Police Department (RPD) officers and Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad technicians responded to a state-owned forest in Rowley near the border of Newbury after a man using a metal detector discovered a box containing trinitrotoluene (TNT) and unspecified plastic explosives buried in the ground. The FBI and ATF were called to the scene, and bomb squad technicians disposed of the explosives.

On 23 September 2024, at approximately 1630 hours local time, Rexburg Police Department officers discovered an IED in a vehicle during a traffic stop near Second West and Main St in Rexburg. The IED consisted of two modified pyrotechnics described as “commercial mortars” that had been removed from their original packaging and taped together with a long fuse. The Idaho Falls Regional Bomb Squad was called to assist and removed the pyrotechnics without incident. A K-9 unit performed a final search of the vehicle and found no additional hazardous materials.

On 25 September 2024, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced that on 22 August 2024, officers from the North Community Response Unit (NCRU) and Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team (IERT) found over 28 pounds of explosives, firearms, magazines, drugs, radio jammers, and two stolen vehicles while searching a residence on Industrial Road in Surrey, British Columbia. Twelve individuals were arrested in connection with the materials discovered.

On 17 September 2024, between 1530 and 1630 hours local time, thousands of pagers reportedly belonging to Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon detonated simultaneously, killing at least a dozen people and injuring thousands. According to reports, suspected explosives may have been implanted in the pagers before they were shipped to the group—a U.S. designated "Foreign Terrorist Organization"—in Lebanon. There are also conflicting reports suggesting the pager devices may have been intercepted in transit. Reports suggest the pagers were detonated via a radio-controlled switch activation.

On 17 September 2024, armed assailants fired improvised rockets from a cargo truck toward a military base in Puerto Jordán, Department of Arauca. The attack left 2 soldiers dead and at least 27 wounded. The military blamed the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the attack; the ELN previously ended a ceasefire with the government in August 2024. In the aftermath of the incident, the government stated on 18 September that it would suspend ongoing peace talks with the ELN. No further device details were released.