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Idaho: Explosive Device Discovered in Park Restroom

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Tue, 12/27/2022 - 14:07

TRIPwire, 27 December 2022
On 26 December 2022, at approximately 1345 hours local time, Bingham County Sheriff's Office deputies, Booneville County Sheriff’s Office deputies, and Idaho Falls Police Department (IFPD) officers responded to Moreland Park in Blackfoot when a reported explosive device was discovered in the park’s restroom. No further device details have been released. IFPD Regional Bomb Squad responded to assist and utilized a counter charge to render the device safe. The incident remains under investigation.

Pakistan: Explosives Functioned in Several Attacks Killing 6, Injuring 17

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Tue, 12/27/2022 - 14:05

TRIPwire, 27 December 2022
On 25 December 2022, a series of 9 attacks in Balochistan province killed 6 Pakistani army personnel and injured 17 civilians. In the Kahan region, an IED functioned near a security forces’ vehicle during a clearance operation. In Quetta, unknown militants threw a grenade in a bazaar near a residential area. In the Sambaza area of Zhob district, a Pakistani soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with a militant who was also killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the various explosive attacks, and the investigations are ongoing.

Lebanon: IID Thrown at TV Station Building

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Tue, 12/27/2022 - 14:03

TRIPwire, 27 December 2022
On 27 December 2022, an unknown suspect threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at the building of a local television station in the Wata el-Mouseitbeh neighborhood in Beirut, which self-extinguished before reaching the building. No further device details have been released, and the incident remains under investigation.