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Florida: Child Pornography Raid Results in Explosive Device Discovery
TRIPwire, 20 October 2017, 0700
On 18 October 2017, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies discovered multiple explosives, incendiary devices and firearms, while executing a search warrant in Dunedin. The suspect was under investigation for the possession and distribution of child pornography. In addition to the discovered explosive devices, which were described as tubes filled with gunpowder with protruding wicks, investigators discovered aerial photographs of two local schools and a water treatment facility. Sheriff’s deputies seized 20 firearms, 15 knives, a baseball bat with nails and a crossbow. The suspect was arrested and charged with two counts of unlawfully making, possessing or attempting to make a destructive device. He was released on $20,000 bond and taken to a mental health facility.
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Virginia: Police Investigating IED Explosion
TRIPwire, 20 October 2017, 0730
On 19 October 2017 at approximately 1700 hours local time, the Williamsburg police and fire departments responded to reports of a vehicle fire in a parking lot in Williamsburg. Once on scene, authorities determined the fire was the result of an improvised explosive device (IED) detonation. No one was injured. Multiple state and federal law enforcement agencies are assisting Williamsburg authorities in the investigation, including the Newport News Police Department, Virginia State Police, the ATF and FBI.
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Sweden: Vehicle Booby-Trap Rendered Safe
TRIPwire, 20 October 2017, 0800
On 18 October 2017 at approximately 1400 hours local time, police responded to a suspected car bomb in central Norrköping. Police confirmed that the device was a military grade munition or hand grenade, placed underneath the car, which acted as a victim operated IED. The grenade was used in a manner that booby-trapped the car door. Upon opening the door, the device would detonate. No one was injured. Authorities initiated an investigation and are seeking the perpetrators on charges of attempted murder.Views: 197Friday, October 20, 2017 - 00:00 -
Ireland: Second IED Rendered Safe in Two Days
TRIPwire, 20 October 2017, 0830
On 18 October 2017 at 0900 hours local time, an improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered by a pedestrian near a home in Rathkeale. Authorities evacuated nearby homes and cordoned off the area, until an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the Defense Forces of Ireland (DFI) arrived. The EOD team moved the device to a safer location for further examination. A DFI statement indicated any “items of an evidentiary nature” would be turned over to police to assist in the now ongoing investigation. This is the second time in as many days that the EOD team traveled to Limerick to investigate a suspicious device. On 17 October 2017, the EOD team conducted a controlled explosion of a grenade that was discovered in a house at Cathedral Court, Pennywell, Limerick City.Views: 247Friday, October 20, 2017 - 00:00 -
Texas: Suspect Arrested while Attempting to Light Molotov Cocktails
TRIPwire, 19 October 2017, 0700
On 16 October 2017 at approximately 2330 hours local time, Port Aransas Police Department responded to reports of a male suspect attempting to light an object on fire. The suspect, who did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, was in possession of three beer bottles filled with gasoline and covered in washcloths. There was no clear motive for having the weapons and the individual did not have a criminal background. The suspect was charged with possessing a prohibited weapon.Views: 246Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 00:00 -
Mexico: 11 Dead in Northern Mexico Firefights, Grenades Recovered
TRIPwire, 19 October 2017, 0730
On 15-16 October 2017, a series of small arms engagements took place in the border cities of Reynosa and nearby town of Rio Bravo, which are located near Weslaco, Texas. Security forces responding to criminal blockades in the area were engaged with automatic small-arms fire by armed individuals near a gas station. Conflicting casualty figures were reported with between eight and eleven fatalities. Police officers recovered 13 improvised armored vehicles, six hand grenades, 17 40mm grenades and approximately 36 firearms, including a .50 caliber sniper rifle. The violence in the area was attributed to feuding factions of the Gulf cartel.Views: 164Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 00:00 -
TRIPwire, 19 October 2017, 0800
On 17 October 2017, Afghan National Police (ANP) prevented a suicide attack on the Chaharasiab district bazar in the Kabul province. The suspect was riding a bicycle laden with explosives, and possibly containing a victim-operated switch, when he was arrested. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. However, the arrest came hours after 71 people were killed in a wave of Taliban suicide attacks across the country.Views: 201Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 00:00 -
Morocco: Dismantled Moroccan ISIS Cell Possessed Bomb-Making Materials
TRIPwire, 19 October 2017, 0900
On 14 October 2017, members of the Moroccan Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested 11 suspected members of an Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist cell in Fez, Morocco. According to BCIJ they confiscated a number of suspicious items, including firearms, ammunition, butane gas bottles, two belts for making suicide bombs, fire extinguishers, fertilizers, unspecified liquids, a thermometer, a metal tube for making explosives and bomb-making instructions. The suspects were planning to fill the fire extinguishers with explosives and shrapnel. The BCIJ determined that the suspects planned to attack targets across the country. The cell was operating in Fez, Casablanca, Khouribga, Zaouiat Cheikh, Sidi Bennour, Demnat and Sidi Harazem.Views: 278Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 00:00 -
Myanmar: IED Cache Recovered in Maungdaw
TRIPwire, 19 October 2017, 0930
On 17 October 2017, military authorities located a weapons cache near a riverbank in Maungdaw village. The cache contained six improvised landmines with remote control initiators, long iron pipes, two conventional landmines, a car piston, eight remote control transmitters, two receiver circuits, more than 100 feet of wiring and a damaged mobile phone. No statement was made linking the cache to an armed group.Views: 172Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 00:00 -
TRIPwire, 18 October 2017
On 18 October 2017, shortly after 0000 hours local time, a powerful explosion occurred outside of a police station in Helsingborg. The station suffered broken windows and considerable structural damage. No casualties were reported. No suspects were arrested and authorities believed that the incident may be attributed to criminal gang activity in the area. Explosives are often used by criminal gangs in Sweden, particularly in southern Sweden, where score settling and intimidation tactics are frequently used by drug traffickers. An investigation is ongoing.
Views: 152Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 00:00