Germany: Explosives Used in ATM Attack
TRIPwire, 24 January 2023
Venezuela: IIDs Thrown at Digital Newspaper Headquarters
TRIPwire, 24 January 2023
On 23 January 2023, at approximately 0200 hours local time, 12 unidentified suspects on 6 motorcycles threw 3 improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as Molotov cocktails, at the headquarters of a digital newspaper in Valera in Trujillo State. No further device details have been released. Two of the IIDs hit the building causing damage to the building facade, while the third IID hit the ground, but no injuries were reported. The incident remains under investigation.
Georgia: Explosive Devices, Pyrotechnics Discovered During Demonstration
TRIPwire, 23 January 2023
Belgium: Explosive Device Functioned Outside Building, 2 Arrested
TRIPwire, 23 January 2023
On 23 January 2023, at approximately 0415 hours local time, local police responded to a building in Brasschaat after an explosive device was functioned at the building door, damaging the door. According to authorities, “heavy pyrotechnics were probably used,” but no further device details have been released. Police arrested a 19-year-old male from Maasmechelen and an 18-year-old Dutch woman. The incident remains under investigation.
France: Explosion at ATM, 1 Arrested
TRIPwire, 23 January 2023
Ohio: Commercial Explosives Discovered at Construction Company
TRIPwire, 20 January 2023
On 19 January 2023, Mansfield Fire Department crews and Ashland County Sheriff's Department Bomb Squad technicians responded to a construction company on East Longview Avenue after an employee discovered commercial explosives, labeled as “cartridged water gel explosive,” while cleaning out a storage locker. Bomb squad technicians removed about 10 sticks of the explosives to be rendered safe with the assistance of the Ashland Fire Department.
Argentina: IIDs Thrown at Bus Yard, 7 Arrested
TRIPwire, 20 January 2023
On 19 January 2023, local police and fire crews responded to the border of the Berazategui and Florencio Varela suburbs of Buenos Aires after seven suspects threw improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as Molotov cocktails, at a bus yard which houses about 120 out-of-service buses. The IIDs initiated a blaze that caused extensive damage to the buses and the bus yard. No injuries were reported, and no further device details have been released. The seven suspects were arrested, and the investigation is ongoing.
Italy: IID Thrown at Business
TRIPwire, 20 January 2023
On 19 January 2023, local police and firefighters responded after unidentified suspects threw an improvised incendiary device (IID) at a furniture store in via Gaetano de Pasquali in Licata, causing minimal fire damage to the entrance of the business. No further device details have been released, and no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
Pakistan: PBIED Attack at Police Outpost, 3 Officers Killed
TRIPwire, 20 January 2023
On 19 January 2023, a suicide bomber detonated a person-borne IED (PBIED) at a police outpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing 3 police officers. No further device details have been released. According to authorities, four heavily armed assailants, including the suicide bomber, opened fire and threw hand grenades at the outpost before the PBIED was detonated. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
Florida: Ordnance Taken to Pawn Shop
TRIPwire, 19 January 2023
On 17 January 2023, at approximately 1500 hours local time, North Port Police Department (NPPD) officers responded to U.S. 41 and Eager Avenue after a man attempted to sell a live (unfired) 75mm ordnance from World War I at a nearby pawn shop. According to officers, the man came across the ordnance after helping a friend clean out their house. Explosive experts from NPPD, Sarasota Police Department, and MacDill Air Force Base also responded to assist, and the ordnance was transported to the base to be rendered safe.