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TRIPwire, 20 September 2021
On 19 September 2021, at approximately 1930 hours local time, a victim-operated IED (VOIED) concealed in a gift box and delivered through a motorcycle delivery service to a restaurant in the El Deportivo neighborhood of Salamanca, Guanajuato, detonated, killing the restaurant owner and restaurant manager and injuring four others. The gift box containing the VOIED was covered with balloons and streamers, and the VOIED functioned when the box was opened. No further device details were released. Members of the municipal police, the National Defense Secretariat, and the National Guard responded to the scene. According to media reporting and figures from the local Prosecutor’s Office, disputes between different organized crime groups and extortions among local merchants and businessmen have contributed to an increased number of deaths in Guanajuato. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 20 September 2021
On 16 September 2021, local authorities responded to the Chinese Consulate in Rio de Janeiro after an unidentified male suspect threw an explosive device at the building. No injuries were reported, but the gates of the consulate were damaged. Authorities collected fragments of the functioned device for further examination. The motive and suspect are still unknown; however, the suspect was recorded in the act by surveillance cameras. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 17 September 2021
On 15 September 2021, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) responded after a substitute teacher at a Lehigh Acres middle school reported that a student expressed concerns that a fellow student may have a firearm in his backpack. School authorities removed the student from class, searched his backpack, and found a map with yellow dots indicating the location of the school’s surveillance cameras and red dots indicating the location of the school’s natural gas lines, though no firearms were found. According to eyewitnesses, the suspect and one accomplice had planned to conduct a school shooting between 1 and 8 September; had discussed the attack in the classroom, via video conferencing software, and in the cafeteria; and had shown their fellow students the map of the school. The suspects told classmates that they hoped to cause distractions by setting off explosions along the gas lines in what they called “gas chambers” before opening fire in the cafeteria. The LCSO arrested the two suspects, a 13-year-old male and a 14-year-old male, and found knives and numerous firearms during searches of their homes. While examining the suspects’ electronic devices, detectives with the LCSO Youth Services Criminal Investigation Division determined that they had taken an interest in the Columbine High School massacre, researched how to make pipe bombs, and searched for where to buy guns on the black market. The suspects also attempted to recruit their classmates to participate in the attack, though all declined. The two suspects were well known to the LCSO as deputies had responded to their addresses 80 times in the past. The suspects were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit a mass shooting. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 17 September 2021
On 16 September 2021, Criminal Investigation Department (Kripo) officers and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians responded to an elementary school in the Zentrum West neighborhood of Leipzig after a daycare worker discovered remnants of an IED, described as a tin can with wires sticking out of it, in the bushes behind the school courtyard. Upon examination, the EOD technicians determined the IED was likely detonated days prior. There were no injuries or property damage reported. This is the fifth such incident involving IEDs found in public spaces in Leipzig in the past three and a half months. On 30 August, a suspected device detonated when a pedestrian lifted the package, injuring one person; on 16 August, a package left on the sidewalk detonated after it was kicked, injuring a 40-year-old man; on 6 June, a clothes container was targeted with two IEDs; and on 21 May, an IED detonated inside a plastic bottle bin in a supermarket after a bottle collector returned empty bottles to the bin. Authorities have not found a connection between these incidents, but they are warning the public not to touch any suspicious objects found. The Kripo is seeking the public’s help in identifying suspects in the ongoing investigation.
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TRIPwire, 17 September 2021
On 8 September 2021, the New Zealand Police (NZP) discovered the remnants of a pipe bomb on a fairway at a golf course on the north shore of Auckland. No further device details have been released. According to the NZP, the device caused minor damage to the grass, but no one was injured in the incident. The NZP also announced that residents living near the golf course had reported hearing explosions coming from the golf course two or three times in the past week. No suspects have been identified, and the investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 17 September 2021
On 15 September 2021, seven roadside IEDs targeting an army convoy were detonated on a highway between the northeast Borno State capital Maiduguri and the garrison town of Monguno. Following the explosion, the attackers engaged the convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy weaponry, killing 16 soldiers and 2 militia members and injuring 11 other soldiers. According to a military source, several military vehicles were destroyed but no further device details were provided. ISIS West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants claimed responsibility for the attack, which is the most high-profile attack since ISWAP began consolidating its position in Nigeria's northeast following the death of a rival Boko Haram commander in May 2021.
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TRIPwire, 16 September 2021
On 8 September 2021, Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Department (JDCSD) deputies responded to a cell phone tower after repair workers for the telecommunications company reported that it had sustained “abnormal damage,” which caused an outage. Upon investigation, the JDCSD determined that a 48-year-old male former employee for the telecommunications company had used an explosive device to damage the cell phone tower. The suspect was arrested and charged with felony malicious mischief. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the ATF are assisting in the ongoing investigation.
Views: 2,279Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 14:12 -
TRIPwire, 16 September 2021
On 14 September 2021, Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) officers responded to a residence for a reported aggravated assault after a suspect threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, from his vehicle at the residence, igniting a patch of grass. No further device details were provided. The homeowner identified the suspect as a 40-year-old acquaintance with whom he had had several arguments in the past and provided officers with a description of the vehicle he observed driving twice past his residence. CPD officers located the vehicle and arrested the suspect after a lengthy chase. The suspect was charged with possession of explosive components, aggravated assault, arson, evading arrest, leaving the scene of an accident, and reckless driving.
Views: 2,281Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 14:11 -
TRIPwire, 16 September 2021
On 15 September 2021, at approximately 1400 hours local time, police responded to a local construction equipment company in Imphal, Manipur, for a report of a hand grenade discovered in a manager’s office. A Special Operations group responded to assist, searched the nearby area, and recovered one IED in a nearby home. Authorities also discovered what appeared to be a quarter block of C4, a battery, a digital camera, and one remote with a battery in the home and arrested a 42-year-old male suspect. According to authorities, the suspect is a member of the banned People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and had placed the grenade in the manager’s office at the request of PREPAK’s chairman to demand money. Further investigation revealed that the suspect intended to attack security forces with the IED. The suspect’s 26-year-old wife was also arrested for her knowledge of the IED and hand grenade and her role in the conspiracy. The investigation is ongoing.
Views: 2,252Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 14:09 -
TRIPwire, 16 September 2021
On 16 September 2021, at approximately 0530 hours local time, a 34-year-old male employee of a private security company functioned an explosive device at the entrance door of a police station in the town of Liski in the Voronezh region, injuring one police officer. Social media channels also report that after functioning the explosive device, the suspect threw a hand grenade into the building. The police officer received fragmentation wounds to his right leg, but there are conflicting reports as to the severity of the officer’s condition. It is not clear whether the police officer was wounded by the first explosion or the grenade. No further details on the explosive device have been released. Surveillance footage showed the suspect arriving at the police station in a vehicle with no license plates and approaching the door of the police station wearing a camouflage uniform, body armor, and helmet. Authorities also believe the suspect attacked a neighboring family in his village of Volchanskoye in the Kamensky District of the Voronezh region, killing three of the family members, including a young child. There are conflicting reports as to whether this occurred before or after the attack on the police station. According to preliminary reports, the suspect had a domestic dispute with the neighbors and blamed law enforcement officials for not helping him.
Views: 2,268Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 14:07