Law Enforcement

TRIPwire, 22 February 2019
On 22 February 2019, New Zealand Police officers responded to the scene of a reported IED that functioned in the Western Springs neighborhood of Auckland, where they found a destroyed mailbox and a suspicious item with visible wires and a possible protruding fuse. A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team responded to the suspected pipe bomb, but NZDF EOD technicians determined that the item was nonhazardous. Investigation into the cause of the mailbox destruction is ongoing.

TRIPwire, 22 February 2019

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TRIPwire, 21 February 2019
On 20 February 2019 at approximately 0154 hours local time, two unidentified males used an IED in an attempt to rob an ATM in the eastern town of Chanthaburi. The device, described by police as a pipe bomb, functioned but failed to open the ATM. The two men then fled the scene.

TRIPwire, 21 February 2019
On 20 February 2019, Kentucky State Police (KSP) officers responded to reports of an IED emplaced in a mailbox in Glasgow. The KSP Hazardous Devices Unit rendered safe the device. According to KSP, the device was the size of a film canister and not life-threatening. KSP and the U.S. Postal Service continue to investigate the incident.

TRIPwire, 26 February 2019
On 23 February 2019, Garda officers responded to the discovery of a malfunctioned hand grenade with its pin removed in the driveway of a residence in the southern town of Mitchelstown. An Irish Defence Forces Ordnance Corps team determined the device was viable and rendered it safe. An investigation into the origin of the grenade is underway, but a Garda spokesperson told reporters that the residence was likely not the intended target.