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On 13 March 2024, at approximately 1940 hours local time, Tracy Police Department officers and the San Joaquin County Bomb Squad responded to the area near Beechnut Avenue and Forest Hills Drive in Tracy after a suspicious device was found. Bomb technicians examined the device, described as a deconstructed pyrotechnic modified with a quick fuse, before removing it and clearing the scene.
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On 9 March 2024, Lassen County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered unspecified explosive devices, several guns, ammunition, drugs, and scales while searching a convicted felon’s storage unit in Westwood. The Shasta County Interagency Bomb Squad responded to assist, examined the devices, and removed them for safe disposal. No further device details were provided. Deputies previously responded to the storage unit and arrested the suspect on 24 February for violating a domestic violence protective order and found him in possession of a controlled substance, ammunition, and tear gas.
On 13 March 2024, at least 300 colleges and universities were targeted by bomb threat emails, including Mississippi Valley State University, Valley City State University, Upper Iowa University, Truett McConnell University, Clemson, SUNY New Paltz, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Asbury University. No hazardous material has been found. A similar bomb threat campaign took place in February 2023, when Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were targeted. The investigation is ongoing.
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On 4 March 2024, at approximately 2215 hours local time, two improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as petrol bombs, were thrown through the window of an occupied residence in the town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland. Police Service of Northern Ireland officers responded to the scene, and an initial investigation determined that the IIDs failed to ignite. No injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
On 28 February 2024, an unknown suspect threw an object at the feet of a child near a shopping mall in Basel, Basel-Stadt. The child took the object to a daycare to show friends, where it functioned in the child’s hand, injuring the child and seven others. The explosive device was originally believed to be a pyrotechnic device, but a father of one child later described the explosive as a “homemade bomb” with shrapnel. No further device details were provided. Authorities believe the suspect is between the ages of 20 and 22, per witness statements. The investigation is ongoing.
On 1 March 2024, at approximately 0400 hours local time, an explosive device was functioned outside a business on Ammaturo Street in Avellino after unknown attackers doused the entrance with flammable liquid. Local firefighters responded and extinguished the blaze. The business sustained extensive damage, but no injuries were reported. No further device details were released. An investigation is ongoing.
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On 4 March 2024, local police officers and several fire departments responded to a hospital in Aachen after a 65-year-old female suspect barricaded herself inside a room and functioned unspecified pyrotechnics. The suspect was eventually arrested, and no further information has been released.
On 5 March 2024, a 42-year-old man was arrested in Buckhannon after a law enforcement officer discovered blasting caps in his vehicle during a traffic stop. No further details about the explosive materials were released.
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On 3 March 2024, at approximately 1730 hours local time, Hopkinton Police Department (HPD) received numerous reports of multiple explosions prompting officers to respond to a residence on Clarks Falls Road. At the scene, a 20-year-old male suspect was identified by police as having allegedly functioned binary explosives in an illegal manner. No additional device details have been released. Bomb technicians from the Rhode Island State Bomb Squad and personnel from both the Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Ashaway Fire Department were called in for assistance.