On 29 April 2024, at approximately 1100 hours local time, Yonkers Police Department (YPD) officers responded to a location in the 1060 block of Nepperhan Avenue for a reported discovery of an explosive device. YPD officers confirmed the presence of the device, and the YPD’s Emergency Services Unit requested the assistance of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety’s Hazardous Devices Unit. No further details have been released.

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On 30 April 2024, at approximately 2245 hours local time, counterprotestors threw pyrotechnics at a protest encampment on UCLA’s campus in Los Angeles. The counterprotestors also used pepper spray or bear spray. Clashes between protestors and counterprotestors continued throughout the night, with the number of individuals injured unknown. UCLA Campus Police and medical personnel responded to the scene. No further information was released.
 

On 18 April 2024, at approximately 0615 hours local time, Portland Fire & Rescue responded to a fire in a trailer home at Southeast 162nd Avenue and Southeast Division Street. Fire crews extinguished the blaze, and no injuries were reported. At approximately 2130 hours, Portland Police Department (PPD) officers were called about suspicious activity at the same intersection, where a neighbor discovered a shopping cart containing improvised incendiary devices (IID), described as Molotov cocktails made from glass bottles, a “greenish” liquid inside, and denim cloth coming out of the tip.

On 23 April 2024, at approximately 0000 hours local time, Unified Fire Authority (UFA) crews responded to a home in Holladay, Salt Lake County, after a large amount of explosive material was found. Hazardous materials teams and bomb squad technicians from the UFA responded to the scene, along with the Utah Department of Health, EPA, Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center, and Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake and Holladay City.

On 23 April 2024, a vehicle-borne IED (VBIED), described as a motorcycle loaded with explosives, was functioned in an urban area of El Plateado in Cauca. No injuries were reported; however, nearby residences were damaged by the explosion. No additional details regarding the VBIED were released. Authorities believe the incident is the latest act of violence between the Colombian government Public Forces and the Central General Staff (EMC), a dissident group formerly associated with Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas.