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Oklahoma: Explosive Device Detonated in Mailbox

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TRIPwire, 19 January 2023
On 14 January 2023, at approximately 0000 hours local time, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a residence on South Henney Road and Southeast 29th Street after unknown suspects detonated an explosive device inside the mailbox. No further device details have been released, but surveillance footage shows a suspect placing the explosives inside the mailbox, followed by two explosions. Oklahoma County Bomb Squad technicians responded to assist. No injuries were reported, and the investigation is ongoing.

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Sweden: Explosives Functioned at Office Building Gate

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TRIPwire, 19 January 2023
On 18 January 2023, local police and bomb squads responded after a large explosive charge was detonated at the gate of an office area in Kista in northwest Stockholm. The gate was destroyed and the first and second floors of the building sustained significant damage. No further device details have been released, and no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.

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Illinois: IID Thrown at Nonprofit Clinic

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TRIPwire, 18 January 2023
On 15 January 2023, at approximately 2332 hours local time, Peoria Police Department officers and Peoria Fire Department (PFD) crews responded to a nonprofit clinic on North Knoxville Avenue after an unidentified suspect threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, through the clinic’s window, causing a fire in the building. No further device details were provided. A PFD firefighter suffered minor injuries and the building sustained significant damages. The investigation is ongoing.

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North Carolina: IID Discovered Near Daycare Following Fire

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TRIPwire, 18 January 2023
On 17 January 2023, at approximately 2130 hours local time, the Wendell Police Department and Wendall Fire Department responded to a daycare on Raymond Drive due to a reported fire. Officers discovered an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, near the building. According to media reporting, the IID appeared to consist of a wine bottle containing a flammable chemical with a burned cork sticking out the top. No injuries were reported, and no further device details have been released. The investigation is ongoing.

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Germany: Explosives Used to Target ATM

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TRIPwire, 18 January 2023
On 17 January 2023, at approximately 0200 hours local time, unknown suspects used explosives to attack an ATM at a supermarket in Bitburg before fleeing the scene. No further details on the explosives have been released. The explosion caused extensive damage to the ATM and area of the building where it was located, but no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: IED Used in Church Attack, 17 Killed

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TRIPwire, 17 January 2023
On 15 January 2023, militants emplaced an IED inside a church in Kasindi, which was functioned as churchgoers were praying, killing at least 17 and injuring approximately 50 others. No further device details have been released. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Canada: IID Thrown at Vehicle

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TRIPwire, 17 January 2023
On 15 January 2023, at approximately 0700 hours local time, the Montreal police (SPVM) arson squad responded to 12th Avenue in the Lachine borough after an unknown suspect threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at a moving vehicle, causing it to catch fire. No further device details have been released. The vehicle sustained extensive damage, but no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.

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