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Pennsylvania: 2 Pipe Bombs Discovered in Residence

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TRIPwire, 26 May 2023 On 25 May 2023, Morrisville Police Department officers, Bucks County detectives, the Philadelphia Bomb Squad, and federal authorities responded to a residence on South Pennsylvania Avenue and recovered what appeared to be two PVC pipe bombs inside. The Philadelphia Bomb Squad removed the devices from the residence. The apparent pipe bombs will be examined by the bomb squad, the ATF, and the FBI. No further device details have been released, and there were no injuries. No arrests have been announced. The investigation is ongoing.

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Netherlands: Explosive Device Targets Money Exchange Office

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TRIPwire, 26 May 2023 On 26 May 2023, at approximately 0400 hours local time, an unknown suspect used an explosive device to target a Surinamese money exchange office in Amsterdam before fleeing the scene on foot. The blast damaged the office and a neighboring building. No injuries were reported. A forensic investigation team and local bomb squad responded to assist and conducted a post-blast analysis of the scene and examined the explosive material. Three separate blasts occurred at the company’s other Amsterdam branches within several days. No further device details were provided.

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New York: Ordnance Discovered in Residence

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TRIPwire, 25 May 2023 On 24 May 2023, the Westchester County Police Department (WCPD) Hazardous Devices Unit responded to a residence in White Plains after an unexploded ordnance was found during a basement cleanup. The ordnance was an Mk2 hand grenade with the safety pin partially out and was located on an “unstable platform.” The WCPD Hazardous Devices Unit removed the unexploded ordnance, placed it into an explosive containment trailer, and transported it for disposal. No further device details have been released, and no injuries were reported.

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Colombia: Explosive Device Targets Police, 3 Killed

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TRIPwire, 25 May 2023 On 24 May 2023, a Colombian police patrol in Tibu, Norte de Santander, was attacked by an explosive device, leaving at least 2 officers and 1 civilian dead, and at least 10 wounded. Media photos show an extensively damaged police vehicle. No further device details have been released. No criminal group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The investigation is ongoing.

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Germany: BMM Discovered, Tied to Planned Attack

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TRIPwire, 25 May 2023 On 23 May 2023, German Federal police in Kempten, Bavaria, arrested a 24-year-old suspect on suspicion of planning to carry out a terror attack on a packed church in Sweden together with his 28-year-old brother, who was arrested on 25 April in Hamburg. During a search of the brothers’ residences, investigators recovered evidence linking the men to the planned attack, including bomb-making material (BMM), and the alleged target on burner cell phones and computers.

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Washington: IID Thrown at Vehicle

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TRIPwire, 24 May 2023 On 21 May 2023, at approximately 2145 hours local time, Olympia Police Department officers responded to Division Street Northwest after two unidentified suspects threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at a parked vehicle, setting it ablaze before fleeing on foot. Olympia Fire Department crews were called to the scene to extinguish the fire. No injuries were reported, and no further device details have been released. The investigation is ongoing.

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New Jersey: Explosive Device Thrown From Vehicle

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TRIPwire, 24 May 2023 On 20 May 2023, at approximately 2130 hours local time, Lakewood Police Department officers responded to Squankum Road after an explosive device, described as a small object with a lit fuse was thrown from a vehicle and functioned in a wooded area. Pedestrians were 50 to 100 feet away, but no injuries were reported. A home security system captured video footage of two pickup trucks traveling on the road before the lit device was tossed from one of the vehicles. The investigation is ongoing.

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Pakistan: PBIED Targets Security Checkpoint, 4 Killed

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TRIPwire, 24 May 2023 On 24 May 2023, a suicide bomber functioned a person-borne IED (PBIED) during a routine frisking at a security checkpoint in North Waziristan, killing two soldiers, a policeman, and a civilian. The blast also left several civilians injured. No further device details have been released. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the investigation is ongoing.

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