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On 4 March 2024, local police officers and several fire departments responded to a hospital in Aachen after a 65-year-old female suspect barricaded herself inside a room and functioned unspecified pyrotechnics. The suspect was eventually arrested, and no further information has been released.
On 5 March 2024, a 42-year-old man was arrested in Buckhannon after a law enforcement officer discovered blasting caps in his vehicle during a traffic stop. No further details about the explosive materials were released.
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On 3 March 2024, at approximately 1730 hours local time, Hopkinton Police Department (HPD) received numerous reports of multiple explosions prompting officers to respond to a residence on Clarks Falls Road. At the scene, a 20-year-old male suspect was identified by police as having allegedly functioned binary explosives in an illegal manner. No additional device details have been released. Bomb technicians from the Rhode Island State Bomb Squad and personnel from both the Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Ashaway Fire Department were called in for assistance.
On 4 March 2024, at approximately 1930 hours local time, the Altoona Police Department (APD) responded to a residence on the 1500 block of Logan Avenue after receiving a report that a woman had been shot in the foot. While searching the residence, police discovered bomb-making material (BMM), a “defused” hand grenade, firearms, ammunition, several ballistic vests, and drug paraphernalia. No additional details regarding the BMM or the grenade were released. Police arrested a 30-year-old man at the scene.
On 26 February 2024, Clearfield Regional Police officers responded to the 600 block of Williams Street to investigate a backpack found on the sidewalk. Inside of the backpack, police discovered four IEDs and bomb-making material (BMM), as well as drug paraphernalia. Centre County Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians were called to the scene to assist in securing the IEDs. According to media reporting, the backpack allegedly belonged to a 46-year-old female suspect. Police searched the suspect’s residence and discovered additional BMM used for the IEDs.
On 29 February 2024, at approximately 0100 hours local time, Aurora Police Department officers responded to reports of an explosion at a dog park on East Quincy Avenue. A 42-year-old man was found deceased by authorities. Initial reports state the detonation of a pyrotechnic was the cause. The ATF, Arapahoe County Bomb Squad, and Regional Anti-Violence Enforcement Network group responded to assist and rendered safe four additional pyrotechnic devices. The investigation is ongoing.
Shortly after the 28 February 2024 arrest of a 46-year-old man in relation to a recent crime spree, police discovered the suspect had allowed natural gas to build up inside his home on the 9200 block Mockingbird Lane in Gilroy, which appeared to have been set up as an “explosive booby-trap.” The Gilroy Fire Department responded and secured the house. Investigators discovered that a stove had been set to emit natural gas within the residence and found several cell phones strewn around the home in what they believe was an attempt to remotely ignite the gas-filled house.
On 25 February 2024, at approximately 0500 hours local time, a male juvenile from The Hague functioned an explosive device near a residence in Capelle aan den Ijssel, Rotterdam, South Holland, damaging a drainpipe and breaking windows of surrounding homes. Witnesses saw the injured suspect attempt to flee the scene before he was arrested by local police and taken to the hospital. No further device details have been released, and no other injuries were reported. Authorities believe the juvenile was hired to function the device at the home, which was empty at the time of the blast.
On 28 February 2024, at approximately 0100 hours local time, unknown suspects threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, through the window of a museum in Riga, damaging the museum director’s office and window. No further details were provided. The investigation is ongoing.
On 26 February 2024, at approximately 0300 hours local time, multiple suspects smashed the front window of a Greek restaurant in North Adelaide, South Australia, and threw in two improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as Molotov cocktails, before fleeing the scene. The building sustained severe structural damage. Local authorities responded to the scene and extinguished the blaze. The restaurant owners believe the attack was personally motivated. The investigation is ongoing.