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TRIPwire, 4 September 2019
On 4 September 2019 between approximately 0500 and 0530 hours local time, an ATM in Amsterdam was targeted in an attempted robbery. Local residents reported one explosion, while a second explosive device meant to remove the ATM from the wall failed to function. The Ministry of Defense’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service responded to the scene to investigate.
TRIPwire, 3 September 2019
TRIPwire, 3 September 2019
TRIPwire, 3 September 2019
TRIPwire, 3 September 2019
On 2 September 2019 at approximately 1700 hours local time, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an IED at a gas station in Wilmer. The IED, described as a pipe bomb, was noticed by a customer and reported to employees, who informed local authorities. The Mobile County EOD detail responded to the incident and rendered safe the device without incident. The investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 3 September 2019
TRIPwire, 3 September 2019
On 30 August 2019 at approximately 1230 hours local time, an international businessman sustained serious injuries after an IED emplaced in his vehicle detonated in Westlake, Cape Town. The device, which included a cellphone attachment, was planted under the driver’s seat and blasted a hole through the floor of the vehicle. Western Cape police, Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services, the South African Police Service Bomb Squad and K9 unit, and crime scene experts are investigating the incident.
TRIPwire, 3 September 2019
TRIPwire, 30 August 2019
On 23 August 2019, Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the home of a 52-year-old male suspected of selling marijuana. In the home, authorities discovered seven explosive devices, multiple firearms, ammunition, marijuana, cocaine, and a variety of drug paraphernalia. Authorities did not provide details about the explosive devices, only saying they were constructed with a hot glue gun. The suspect was arrested and faces multiple Federal charges.
TRIPwire, 30 August 2019
On 28 August 2019 at approximately 1500 hours local time, CEE-VI Drug and Gang Task Force agents discovered an IED and firearms while searching for illegal substances at a Danube residence. Agents arrested three people at the home and removed a juvenile. The search yielded 1.5 lb of methamphetamine, suspected psilocybin mushrooms, 20 firearms, and the IED. The Bloomington Bomb Squad performed a controlled detonation of the device.