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TRIPwire, 22 June 2022
On 21 June 2022, at approximately 0225 hours local time, unknown suspects used explosives to target a bank ATM near the La Nacelle campsite in Portalban and fled the scene with several hundred thousand Swiss francs. No additional device details have been released. The explosion destroyed the ATM, but no injuries were reported. The Cantonal Police of Vaud’s neutralization, detection, and disposal of explosives (NEDEX) group responded to assist, secured the scene, and conducted post-blast analysis. The investigation is ongoing.
Views: [totalcount]Wednesday, June 22, 2022 - 15:02 -
TRIPwire, 21 June 2022
On 20 June 2022, at approximately 1435 hours local time, an individual found an IED on the sidewalk near the Newaygo City Hall in Newaygo County, placed the device in a bucket, and drove it to Newaygo Police Department’s station. No further device details have been released. The Newaygo Sheriff’s Department, Newaygo Fire Department, and Michigan State Police (MSP) Bomb Squad responded to assist. MSP bomb squad technicians removed the device and conducted render safe procedures offsite. Authorities conducted a secondary search of the location where the IED was discovered but no further devices were found. The investigation is ongoing.
Views: [totalcount]Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - 15:30 -
TRIPwire, 21 June 2022
On 20 June 2022, at approximately 1830 hours local time, Lamitan City Police officers responded to the Lamitan City Hall building in Basilan after two unidentified male suspects riding a motorcycle threw a bag containing the IED at the gate of the compound. No further device details have been released. The blast damaged a water pipe and part of the building’s exterior wall, but no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
Views: [totalcount]Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - 15:28 -
TRIPwire, 21 June 2022
On 20 June 2022, at approximately 2000 hours local time, Officers from Panare Police Station responded after several unidentified gunmen hijacked a garbage truck, emplaced 50 kg [~110 lb] of explosives inside and drove the vehicle to a petrol station in front of a Chantharak police checkpoint in Pattani before detonating the explosives and fleeing the scene. No additional details on the construction of the vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) has been released. The blast injured one police officer and damaged the police checkpoint booth, a commercial building, the gas station, and surrounding residences. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but police suspect that an insurgent group may be responsible.
Views: [totalcount]Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - 15:27 -
TRIPwire, 20 June 2022
On 18 June 2022, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD) deputies conducted a routine traffic stop on a vehicle at an intersection in Yucca Valley and discovered an IED and black powder in the vehicle. No further device details have been released. The SBSD bomb and arson division responded to assist and removed the IED for offsite disposal. The 46-year-old driver and the 50-year-old passenger in the vehicle were arrested on suspicion of possession of an explosive device and possession of a controlled substance while armed. SBSD deputies conducted a subsequent search at a residence belonging to the suspects in Johnson Valley and discovered “military-grade explosives,” ammunition, and firearms and arrested a 54-year-old female present at the scene. SBSD bomb and arson division removed the explosives for offsite disposal. The investigation is ongoing.
Views: [totalcount]Monday, June 20, 2022 - 15:54 -
TRIPwire, 20 June 2022
On 17 June 2022, at approximately 0120 hours local time, St. Louis County Police Department (SLCPD) responded to a residence in north St. Louis County for a reported explosion that killed four people including three teenagers and one adult. According to authorities, the explosion occurred while an adult was showing the teenagers how to manufacture the IEDs by loading containers with explosive powder and attaching fuses to them. Blackjack Fire Protection District and surrounding departments responded to the scene and helped extinguish the blaze that set the house and the car on fire, and damaged nearby residences. SLCPD have arrested a 37-year-old male and a 43-year-old-male for providing the explosive powder that the victims used to construct the explosive devices. Investigators from the ATF determined numerous boxes of explosive precursor chemicals (EPCs) and bomb-making material had been purchased online and the 37-year-old man had been seen loading boxes of EPCs into his vehicle later that day. A search of the 37-year old’s home led to the discovery of a large amount of completed IEDs and associated components. The suspect also admitted that he and the other suspect constructed “ground salutes” that contained an explosive charge far above Missouri’s legal limit. The two suspects have been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of unlawful possession of an illegal weapon.
Views: [totalcount]Monday, June 20, 2022 - 15:52 -
TRIPwire, 20 June 2022
On 18 June 2022, at approximately 0430 hours local time, unknown suspects threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a petrol bomb, through the window of a home in Moneymore, Drogheda, while the home residents were asleep, starting a fire. No further device details have been released. The IID caused significant damage to the sitting room, but the residents escaped with no injuries after extinguishing the fire. The investigation is ongoing.
Views: [totalcount]Monday, June 20, 2022 - 15:50 -
TRIPwire, 17 June 2022
On 15 June 2022, at approximately 1927 hours local time, Grenada Police Department officers responded to a residence on Gayosa Street, after a man threatened to blow up the house where he and others lived, and discovered an IED in a nearby yard. Police believe the 35-year-old male made the device. The Tupelo Police Department’s Bomb Squad responded to assist, determined the device was viable, and disposed of it via controlled detonation. The suspect was arrested and is facing several charges.
Views: [totalcount]Friday, June 17, 2022 - 14:51 -
TRIPwire, 17 June 2022
On 13 June 2022, at approximately 0400 hours local time, Olympia Police Department officers responded to the office of a Washington state representative after two unidentified suspects were seen on security cameras breaking a window and throwing a lit a road flare into the office. No injuries or damage was reported, and the investigation is ongoing.
Views: [totalcount]Friday, June 17, 2022 - 14:49 -
TRIPwire, 17 June 2022
On 16 June 2022, Jammu and Kashmir Police discovered a 15 kg (~33 lb) IED that utilized a pressure cooker emplaced on the side of a road in the Armullah Litter area of Pulwama, Kashmir. Bomb disposal technicians removed the device and disposed of it via a controlled detonation at a separate location. Two suspected terrorists were arrested in connection to the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
Views: [totalcount]Friday, June 17, 2022 - 14:48