International

TRIPwire, 12 April 2019
On 12 April 2019, a suicide person-borne IED (PBIED) functioned at a vegetable market in Quetta’s Hazarganji district, killing at least 20 people and injuring at least 48 others. According to a police official, the attacker was disguised as a laborer at the market when he detonated the IED. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack targeting the Hazara Shia Muslim community.

TRIPwire, 11 April 2019

Emergency Responder Note

(U) Indicators of Suspicious Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs)

(U) The DHS Office of Bombing Prevention (OBP) TRIPwire OSINT Team published an Emergency Responder Note (ERN) on suspicious UASs entitled “Indicators of Suspicious Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs).” The ERN is designed as a reference aid and is intended to increase situational awareness for those who may encounter a suspicious UAS.

TRIPwire, 10 April 2019
On 8 April 2019, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers responded to the discovery of an improvised mortar tube outside the town of Castlewellan in County Down. PSNI personnel removed the mortar tube and associated command wire from the scene for additional examination, and a PSNI spokesperson told the press that the mortar tube did not contain a projectile at the time of its discovery. No additional details regarding the construction of the mortar tube or any associated projectiles were available.

TRIPwire, 10 April 2019
On 9 April 2019, a suicide person-borne IED (PBIED) functioned in the town of Sheikh Zuweid in the Sinai, killing 7 and injuring 26 others. The attack occurred during a security sweep of a market and targeted police personnel, four of whom were among the dead. ISIS-Sinai Province claimed responsibility for the attack.