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TRIPwire, 1 December 2022 On 1 December 2022, at approximately 1230 hours local time, Spanish National Police and TEDAX bomb disposal units responded and rendered safe a sixth IED concealed in a letter that was sent to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid. On 1 December, at approximately 0900 hours, a suspicious package was intercepted addressed to the Spanish defense minister. Also, on 1 December, at approximately 0300 hours, local police and TEDAX units were called to the Torrejon de Ardoz Airbase after security systems detected a suspicious package addressed to the European Union satellite center. According to authorities, X-rays showed that the envelope contained “some kind of mechanism.” On 30 November 2022, a suspicious package was discovered at a weapons company that manufactures C90 rocket launchers in Zaragoza, in the Aragon region and was rendered safe by TEDAX units. On 30 November, at approximately 1300 hours local time, Spanish National Police responded to the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid after an employee was injured by an IED concealed in a letter, sent to the diplomatic delegation that deflagrated after opening. The employee was stated to have heard a click from the letter, throwing it away from himself, before the device inside deflagrated. TEDAX units responded to assist and conducted a post-blast analysis where they examined the remnants of the device, described as a cardboard envelope the size of a book containing a small homemade explosive, addressed to the ambassador by ordinary correspondence. According to media reporting, on 24 November 2022, a letter containing “pyrotechnic material” addressed to the prime minister of Spain, had been intercepted at the prime minister’s official residence. TEDAX units examined the suspicious packages, stating that all the letter bombs consisted of homemade devices sent in brown packages containing a loose gunpowder with an electrical ignition mechanism that would generate deflagration. The investigation is ongoing.

TRIPwire, 1 December 2022 On 30 November 2022, at approximately 1300 hours local time, an explosion at the Al Jihad Madrassa school in Aybak in Samangan province, killed 19 people and injured at least 26 others. According to authorities, the explosion was due to a mine that was emplaced at the school, but no further details about the device have been released. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the investigation is ongoing.

TRIPwire, 30 November 2022

On 30 November 2022, a suicide bomber functioned a person-borne IED (PBIED) after he rammed his vehicle into a police truck carrying security personnel deployed to protect vaccination campaign workers in Quetta. Four people were killed, and 30 others were injured. No further details about the PBIED have been released. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.

TRIPwire, 29 November 2022 On 29 November 2022, at approximately 0300 hours local time, unknown suspects used explosives to target an ATM in an apartment building on Muhldorfer Street in Anzing and fled the scene in a vehicle. No further details about the explosives have been released. The incident remains under investigation.

TRIPwire, 29 November 2022 On 26 November 2022, at approximately 1700 hours local time, unidentified suspects used an explosives-laden unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in conjunction with a small plane and pick-up trucks to attack the Encarnacion de Diaz municipal police station in Jalisco. No further details on the explosives were provided. Two police officers and two members of the armed group were killed in the incident. The investigation is ongoing.