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France: Explosive Device Destroys Vehicle in Corsica

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TRIPwire, 12 April 2019
On 11 April 2019 at approximately 2330 hours local time, an explosive device functioned and destroyed a parked vehicle in the town of Monte in northern Corsica. No injuries were reported, and no individual or group claimed responsibility for the attack. No additional details regarding device construction are available, and the investigation is ongoing. Since March 2019, multiple explosive devices have functioned or were found to be emplaced targeting vehicles and private residences.

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Pakistan: PBIED Attack Leaves at Least 20 Dead, 48 Injured

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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.

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Australia: Man Arrested After Detonating IED

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TRIPwire, 12 April 2019
On 12 April 2019 at approximately 0430 hours local time, an IED functioned on a residential street in Glenelg North, damaging two vehicles. Eastern District Police (EDP) officers responded and arrested a 39-year-old male suspect at his residence. According to EDP, the attack was targeted. The suspect was charged with use of an explosive device, property damage, breach of intervention order, and breach of bail. There is no further information on the device.

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Emergency Responder Note

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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.

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India: Politician Killed in Roadside IED Attack

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TRIPwire, 11 April 2019
On 9 April 2019, an IED functioned along a roadside in the central state of Chhattisgarh, killing a state politician and four members of his security team. No further details regarding construction of the device were available from reporting. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the attack, but a police spokesperson told the press that Maoist militants are likely responsible.
 

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United Kingdom: Improvised Mortar Tube Found in Northern Ireland

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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.

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Egypt: PBIED Attack Kills Seven in the Sinai

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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.

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