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On 26 October 2024, at approximately 0915 hours local time, Des Moines Police Department officers responded to a home on East Marion Street in Des Moines after an incendiary device was functioned at the front doorstep, damaging the home’s front door and siding. No injuries were reported. No further device details were released. The investigation is ongoing.
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On 27 October 2024, at approximately 1040 hours local time, Arkansas State Police (ASP) troopers conducted a traffic stop and vehicle search on Interstate 40 eastbound in Conway and discovered an IED, described as a CO2 cartridge with a 1-foot-long fuse. Troopers also discovered illegal narcotics, drug paraphernalia, and multiple social security and identification cards. The ASP Bomb Squad, Conway Fire Department bomb technicians, and ATF agents were called to the scene and confirmed the device was functional. The device was transported to a secondary location and rendered safe.
On the afternoon of 30 October 2024, police officers attempted to stop a man for a routine ID check at the Neukölln subway station in Berlin, which caused the man to drop his bag and flee the scene. Authorities examined the bag and determined that it contained explosives, reported by a news media source as triacetone triperoxide (TATP), although the type of explosive was neither confirmed nor denied by law enforcement. The bag was taken to a nearby park and rendered safe via controlled detonation. An investigation is ongoing.
On 23 October 2024, security teams responded to an aerospace and defense company near Ankara after two attackers functioned an explosive device outside of the building and shot at employees as they entered the building. Five people were killed, including a taxi driver, and 22 others were injured. The male and female assailants were killed by security forces. No further device details have been released. The Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) armed wing People’s Defense Forces (HPG) has claimed responsibility for the attack.
On 28 October 2024, Dutton Park Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) investigators, Explosives Ordnance Response Team technicians, Public Safety Response Team (PRST) officers, Tactical Crime Squad officers, and Scientific Section personnel conducted simultaneous searches at properties in Annerley and Burbank as part of an investigation into property damage from pipe bomb explosions in the Annerley suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, on 10 June and 31 August 2024.
On 2 November 2024, federal authorities arrested a 24-year-old man while he was allegedly attempting to target an electric substation in Nashville using an IED attached to an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). According to the U.S. Department of Justice press release, officers arrested the suspect as the UAS was powered on and the IED was armed sitting next to the UAS. In September 2024, the suspect discussed a plan to fly a UAS with an IED attached to it into an electric substation with FBI undercover employees (UCEs).
On 6 November 2024, at approximately 1415 hours local time, the Michigan State Police responded to a thrift shop on the 600 block of W. Conway Road in Harbor Springs after a worker found a donation box that contained multiple IEDs. The Michigan State Police Bomb Squad and Canine Team responded to the scene and took x-rays of the IEDs, described as pipe bombs. Bomb squad technicians determined that one of the IEDs contained a fuse and powder, and they rendered the device safe. The canine team conducted a sweep of the business and surrounding area and cleared the scene.
On 3 November 2024, at approximately 1215 hours local time, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies responded to a home on the 400 block of Shadden Road in Tellico Plains following a report about a suspicious device that was found under a vehicle. MCSO deputies identified the device as an explosive device and called the Knox County Bomb Squad for assistance. Bomb squad technicians examined the device and rendered it safe. No injuries were reported. No further device details were provided. The ATF is leading the ongoing investigation.
On 1 November 2024, Cincinnati Bomb Squad technicians, ATF agents, Goshen Police Department officers, and fire crews assisted in executing a search warrant at a residence in the Lakeshore Estates neighborhood in Goshen after a woman told investigators her estranged boyfriend had allegedly been making pipe bombs in the detached shed next to their home. During their search, investigators found two separate metal pipes with end caps on both ends, a red-colored fuse inserted into the middle, gunpowder, and large amounts of ammunition on the property.
On 5 November 2024, Newton Police Department officers discovered over 60 devices inside a garage on East 11th Street in Newton after a suspect fleeing from a traffic stop ran into the garage. The Wichita Bomb Squad and ATF agents responded to the scene and examined the devices, which authorities confirmed were illegal explosive materials. The devices were transported to a separate location, where they were disposed of via a controlled detonation. One resident in the home was arrested, and police are seeking one other person of interest. The investigation is ongoing.