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United Kingdom: Pipe Bomb Discovered on Road

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TRIPwire, 26 January 2023
On 25 January 2023, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) responded to the Antrim Road area in Newtownabbey after a pipe bomb was discovered on the road. No further device details have been released. Ammunition Technical Officers responded to the scene, determined the pipe bomb was viable, and rendered it safe via controlled detonation. The incident remains under investigation.

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Italy: Explosives Used in ATM Attack

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TRIPwire, 25 January 2023
On 25 January 2023, at approximately 0330 hours local time, local Carabinieri responded to Piazza Garibaldi in Barge after unknown suspects used an explosive mixture to attack a bank ATM and fled the scene with an estimated 120,000 euros [~$130,877]. No further details about the explosives have been released. The explosion destroyed the ATM, but no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.

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Sri Lanka: IEDs, BMM Discovered in Vehicle

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TRIPwire, 25 January 2023
On 24 January 2023, Bingiriya Police stopped a truck at a checkpoint in Vilattawa and discovered IEDs, described as 89 plastic pipes filled with blasting gelatin, and bomb-making material (BMM), including 21 80-foot-long detonating cords and 900 electric detonators, hidden in a secret compartment built inside the truck. Two suspects, a 33-year-old and a 34-year-old, were arrested. The investigation is ongoing.

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Venezuela: IIDs Thrown at Digital Newspaper Headquarters

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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.

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Belgium: Explosive Device Functioned Outside Building, 2 Arrested

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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.

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