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TRIPwire, 10 August 2020
On 8 August 2020, at approximately 0230 hours local time, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) responded after protesters gathered in a park reported that they had been attacked with IEDs. According to witnesses, two male suspects emerged from a wooded area in the park and threw multiple IEDs described as pipe bombs at the group. The first pipe bomb malfunctioned and emitted smoke, allowing the group of people to move away and avoid injury from the subsequent devices. The witnesses examined the devices, took pictures, and claimed the devices were constructed from small PVC pipes each filled with a plastic bag wrapped in tape containing an explosive powder. PPB is investigating the incident but is not in possession of any device remnants and is attempting to locate them for analysis. Multiple witnesses were interviewed, some of whom saw and took video of potential suspects, including one who wore a tactical helmet with night-vision goggles.
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TRIPwire, 10 August 2020
On 8 August 2020, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad and officers from the Midwest City Police Department retrieved an IED described as a pipe bomb from the Midwest City residence of a recently deceased individual. The person left a note that provided useful information about the device. Officers transported the IED to the sheriff’s office bomb range and rendered it safe via a controlled detonation.
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TRIPwire, 10 August 2020
On 10 August 2020, a remote-controlled IED (RCIED) concealed on a motorcycle detonated in Chaman in the southwestern province of Balochistan near the Afghan border, killing at least 5 people and wounding at least 10 others. The RCIED targeted a security unit charged with combatting narcotics smuggling. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion. Balochistan has recently seen an increase in violence, including an IED planted on a motorcycle last month that killed one person and injured seven others at a market in the city of Turbat.
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TRIPwire, 7 August 2020
On 5 August 2020, at approximately 2000 hours local time, officers from the Kettering Police Department conducted a traffic stop in the parking lot of a big-box retailer in Moraine and arrested two suspects for outstanding warrants. While searching the vehicle, officers discovered an IED, described as a pipe bomb, and contacted the Dayton Police Bomb Squad for assistance. Bomb squad technicians responded to the scene, determined it was a viable IED, and rendered the device safe offsite. Device details were not provided, and no injuries were reported. Authorities charged the suspects with unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance, carrying a concealed weapon, and inducing panic.
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TRIPwire, 7 August 2020
On 5 August 2020, officers from the Norfolk Police Division responded to a local Norfolk museum after staff reportedly discovered several ordnance in the museum’s storeroom. Officers could not determine whether the ordnance was live or inert and contacted the Nebraska State Patrol Bomb Squad. Bomb squad technicians determined five ordnance were live and called a Nebraska Air National Guard Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team to assist with removal and disposal. Among the five live ordnance items were a British “Mills Bomb” grenade from WWII, a Navy 37-mm steel artillery projectile from WWI, and a post-WWII 20-mm projectile for an Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun. The EOD team responded and removed the live ordnance to render the devices safe at a separate location.
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TRIPwire, 6 August 2020
On 5 August 2020, at approximately 0500 hours local time, officers from the Minot Police Department (MPD) responded to a reported explosion outside a Minot residence and discovered an intact IED on the property. Technicians from the Minot Area Bomb Squad were called to the scene, examined the device, and rendered it safe. Device details were not provided. According to police, the incident appeared to be targeted. No injuries were reported, but the home sustained minor damage. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 6 August 2020
On 6 August 2020, at approximately 0230 hours local time, two unknown individuals emplaced seven IEDs in an attempt to rob an ATM on an exterior wall of a Hamilton City shopping center. One IED completely detonated, one malfunctioned and partially detonated, and the other five failed to function. Officers from the Waikato Police and a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team responded later that morning after a local reported suspicious devices around the ATM. The NZDF EOD team removed the remaining IEDs, described as “unsophisticated” 5-inch pipe bombs, and rendered them safe at a separate location. Surveillance footage showed two suspects fleeing the area on foot shortly after the attempted robbery. No injuries were reported, and the one IED that detonated caused only minor damage and did not breach the ATM safe. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 5 August 2020
On 4 August 2020, at approximately 0430 hours local time, an unidentified male threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, against the side of a Youngstown residence. Surveillance video captured the man exiting a vehicle, igniting and throwing the IID at the house, then fleeing. Investigators from the Youngstown Fire Investigative Unit responded later that morning and found two IIDs with a gasoline odor at the scene. No injuries or property damage were reported. The residence is also used as a home daycare, but no children were present during the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 5 August 2020
On 4 August 2020, at approximately 1808 hours local time, a massive explosion occurred in Beirut’s port area, leveling several city blocks, after a fire caused by a smaller explosion spread to a warehouse that contained approximately 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (AN). Fire department crews were already onsite responding to the fire—which was billowing thick, red smoke—at the time of detonation. The larger explosion shattered windows up to 6 miles from the point of detonation and was felt as far as 150 miles away. Lebanon’s Prime Minister stated that the AN had been stored in the warehouse since 2014, when Lebanon’s customs authority impounded a Russia-flagged cargo ship carrying the material. As of the time of publication, media sources are reporting at least 135 people killed, at least 5,000 injured, and 300,000 displaced. Hundreds of people are still reported missing, and Lebanon’s Health Minister stated that he expects the death toll to rise. According to Lebanon’s Minister of Displaced People, an unspecified number of Beirut port officials responsible for storage and security have been placed under house arrest while the investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 4 August 2020
On 2 August 2020, at approximately 2330 hours local time, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Louisville Fire Department crews responded to the Hall of Justice in Louisville after an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, functioned on the south side of the courthouse’s main entrance. The IID ignited plywood covering a window and melted some of the glass. No injuries were reported. The incident occurred while a crowd of approximately 30 people were setting fires outside the Hall of Justice and in the surrounding streets. According to authorities, the crowd had mostly dispersed by the time first responders arrived. No suspects have been arrested, and the FBI is leading the investigation.
Views: 25Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 14:20