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TRIPwire, 27 October 2020
On 27 October 2020, Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) officers responded to several reported ATM explosions. Four ATMs—one at a public transportation stop and three at private restaurants—were destroyed by the explosions. The PPD Bomb Squad Unit responded to assist, along with the ATF. The investigation is ongoing and is a part of a larger investigation into similar incidents in the Philadelphia area.
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TRIPwire, 27 October 2020
On 27 October 2020, at approximately 0830 hours local time, an IED concealed in an unattended bag at the Jamia Zubairia mosque and religious school in Peshawar detonated, killing at least 7 people and injuring more than 137 others. According to the initial investigation, the IED was a high-quality timed device consisting of 11 to 13 lb of TNT. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a man walk into the building carrying a bag minutes before the explosion. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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TRIPwire, 26 October 2020
On 26 October 2020, at approximately 0100 hours local time, Philadelphia Police Department officers responded to a reported ATM explosion in West Philadelphia. The ATM, which was located outside a local sports bar, was damaged, and the suspects were able to retrieve its cash box. The investigation is ongoing and is a part of a larger investigation into similar incidents in the Philadelphia area.
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TRIPwire, 26 October 2020
On 24 October 2020, an attacker detonated a person-borne IED (PBIED) outside the Kawsar-e Danish education center in Kabul’s western Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, killing at least 24 people including several children and injuring at least 57 others. The attacker detonated the PBIED after he was stopped while trying to enter the center. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. The neighborhood where the attack occurred is home to a large Shiite community, a minority group in the country that has been targeted by ISIS in the past.
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TRIPwire, 23 October 2020
On 22 October 2020, media sources reported that a 19-year-old male suspect charged with possessing child pornography would be held without bail after a Federal magistrate judge agreed with FBI and U.S. Marshal’s Service investigators that the suspect sought to assassinate a U.S. presidential candidate and possessed explosive material and firearms. Authorities began investigating the suspect on 28 May 2020, when Kannapolis Police Department (KPD) officers responded to a local bank for reports of an abandoned van. A search of the van yielded seven firearms, ammunition, explosive target material, and books on operational tradecraft, including bomb making. KPD officers removed the van and its contents from the scene. KPD officers arrested the suspect later that day after he returned to the bank in his personal vehicle to inquire about the whereabouts of the van. Investigators later searched the suspect’s electronic devices and online accounts and discovered thousands of files containing child sexual exploitation, images and videos supporting past mass shootings and terrorist attacks, videos professing a desire to carry out attacks, and a meme the suspect posted about assassinating a presidential candidate. Investigators also learned that the suspect had attempted to locate the candidate’s home address in Delaware and had traveled to the state, writing a checklist note ending with “execute.” The suspect is currently awaiting trial.
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TRIPwire, 23 October 2020
On 23 October 2020, a town administrator announced that an explosive device detonated near a naval base in Kyaukphyu Township, killing two soldiers driving toward the base, severely injuring two other soldiers on a bridge overhead, and destroyed the vehicle. There is an ongoing armed conflict in the region between the Burmese Army and Arakan Army, but no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 22 October 2020
On 21 October 2020, at approximately 0911 hours local time, Wellfleet Fire Department (WFD) firefighters and Wellfleet Police Department officers responded after a caller reported an explosive device at a building in Wellfleet. WFD contacted technicians from the Massachusetts Police Bomb Squad Unit, who examined the device and determined it was viable military ordnance from World War II. Technicians removed the ordnance and rendered it safe at a nearby beach.
Views: 438Thursday, October 22, 2020 - 14:41 -
TRIPwire, 22 October 2020
On 7 October 2020, customs officials arrested a 22-year-old man at a tollbooth near Nancy after discovering an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), two 500-g blocks of TNT, a radio-controlled switch wired to detonators, and narcotics hidden in the trunk of his vehicle during a routine inspection. The suspect told authorities he was tasked with driving the vehicle to Montpellier and claimed to be unaware of the bomb-making materials. Authorities charged the suspect with drug trafficking and the transport and possession of incendiary and explosive devices. The Regional Judicial Police Service of Montpellier believes the incident is associated with organized crime, and investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 22 October 2020
On 22 October 2020, Pakistani security forces seized eight IEDs and bomb-making materials (BMM) during a raid in Balochistan. According to authorities, the IEDs weighed approximately 6 to 8 kg [~13.2 to 17.6 lb], and the seized BMM included radio-controlled switches with detonators, ball bearings, wires, and other unspecified material. Investigators suspect the IEDs and BMM were smuggled into Pakistan from Afghanistan for use in terrorist attacks. The investigation is ongoing.
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TRIPwire, 21 October 2020
On 20 October 2020, at approximately 2100 hours local time, during a protest in Providence, several protestors threw pyrotechnic devices, described as fireworks, and other objects at Providence Police Department (PPD) officers near a public safety complex that houses the PPD. An officer and a K-9 sustained minor injuries after being struck by a thrown object. Troopers from the Rhode Island State Police assisted PPD with the response. Authorities arrested 19 protestors, though it was not clear if any arrests were device related. The investigation is ongoing.
Views: 25Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 13:03