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TRIPwire, 25 February 2019
On 24 February 2019, an IED conceald on a motorcycle outside of a shop in Dera Murad Jamali’s Mazdoor Chowk area of Pakistan detonated. One person died instantly, and between 9 and 14 others were reported wounded in the blast. Rescue and security forces quickly cordoned off the area after the explosion and began investigation into the cause and perpetrators of the explosion.
TRIPwire, 25 February 2019
On 24 February 2019, Armed Border Force (SSB) officers and Dumka district police seized an explosives cache during a security operation against Maoist guerrillas in the eastern state of Jharkhand. According to an SSB spokesperson, the cache contained 17 IEDs, which weighed 5 to 10 kg (11 to 22 lbs) apiece and were reportedly viable at the time of their seizure. Also seized were 200 electric detonators, 1 hand grenade, detonating cord, and other unspecified explosives.
TRIPwire, 25 February 2019
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
On 21 February 2019, the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security announced the disruption of an alleged ISIS plot to conduct multiple terrorist attacks and assassinations in the western province of Kordestan. Security forces seized a cache containing weapons, ammunition, and an unspecified number of remotely initiated explosive devices. In the same operation, security forces also arrested 13 individuals, several of whom reportedly received military training outside of Iran.
TRIPwire, 22 February 2019
TRIPwire, 21 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 22 January 2019, three adult male suspects and one 16-year-old male suspect were arrested by Greece Police and charged with six felony counts for possessing and intending to use IEDs and firearms to attack a Muslim community. Court documents released after the four suspects’ indictment provide further details of the attack plan. The 16-year-old suspect built the IEDs, and, according to the FBI, two of the three devices were capable of detonating and a third was near completion.
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.