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On 31 January 2024, a live hand grenade was discovered outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm. The National Bomb Squad responded and disposed of the grenade via a controlled detonation. No injuries were reported, and no further details were provided. The Swedish Security Service is assisting in the ongoing investigation.
On 25 January 2024, at approximately 0130 hours local time, local first responders and police responded to Engelenburgstraat in The Hague after receiving reports of an explosion. At the scene, first responders discovered an injured man on the street who witnesses say held a pyrotechnic device in his hand when it functioned. The individual succumbed to his injuries in the hospital later in the day, and another 24-year-old individual was arrested in connection with the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
On 1 February 2024, at approximately 0200 hours local time, an explosive device was functioned at the front door of a home in
On 28 January 2024, Collin County Sheriff's Office deputies and Plano Police Department (PPD) Bomb Squad technicians responded to a Collin County cemetery after an IED was discovered. A town resident posted a description of the device as a "bottle of hot sauce wrapped in tape" to a neighborhood webpage, but the details and outcome were not reported. The incident follows a similar discovery at the cemetery on 14 December 2023, when an object wrapped in black tape, confirmed as an IED, was found and PPD bomb technicians rendered it safe onsite.
On 17 January 2024, New York City Police Department officers found 8 IEDs, 6 ghost guns, 600 rounds of ammunition, pyrotechnics, bomb-making instructions, and 3D printers while searching an apartment in Queens. One device was described as a “partially constructed IED rigged with a tripwire,” and a photo released of four IEDs depicts them as soda can-size cylindrical devices covered in tape with green fuses. Two brothers were taken into custody on 29 January and indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges.
On 23 January 2024, the New Mexico State Police and Quay County Sheriff’s Office conducted a welfare check at a hotel in Tucumcari after receiving a tip about possible drug trafficking. Police arrested a 39-year-old man living at the hotel who had an active warrant for his arrest. Inside his room, they discovered a grenade, two firearms, and assorted drugs. The New Mexico State Police Bomb Team was called to the scene to remove the grenade for later disposal. It was unknown at the time of reporting whether the grenade was live.
On 25 January 2024, at approximately 0840 hours local time, Florida Highway Patrol responded to the shoulder of the Interstate 75 exit ramp leading to State Road 52 in Pasco County for a report of a suspected explosive device that had been discovered by contractors with the Florida Department of Transportation. Tampa Police Department and state bomb technicians were contacted and arrived at the scene to examine the device. The device was removed for further testing. No further device details were released. An investigation is ongoing.
On 30 January 2024, at approximately 1840 hours local time, a Broomfield Police Department (BPD) officer stopped a vehicle in a parking lot at 120th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard and arrested the driver after discovering the suspect had an active warrant out for their arrest. The BPD officer found a suspected IED, described as a pipe bomb, while searching the car. Adams County Bomb Squad technicians responded to assist and disposed of the device. No further device details were provided. The investigation is ongoing.
On 26 January 2024, San Diego Police Department (SDPD) officers responded to Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego after a juvenile threatened to conduct a shooting at the school. The juvenile was taken into custody, and no explosives were found at the school. On 30 January, SDPD officers responded to the juvenile’s Poway home with a gun violence restraining order and a search warrant and found explosive devices, several unregistered guns, and supplies to make ghost guns.
On 23 January 2024, Phoenix Police Department (PPD) officers responded to a metro light rail platform near 24th and Jefferson streets after an explosive device was found under a bench. Officers found the device, described as a bundle of cardboard tubes held together with tape with a green fuse protruding from the bundles. PPD Bomb Squad technicians responded to assist, examined the device, and removed it for further examination. Authorities later confirmed the device contained explosive powders. A 20-year-old male suspect was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct with a weapon.