TRIPwire, 21 August 2017, 0700

On 20 August 2017 at approximately 0400 local time, police responded to an improvised explosive device emplaced in front of a local residence. The residents awoke to a hissing sound and flames coming from a small canister in their driveway. Authorities described the device as a propane tank placed on top of a tray, which was then filled with a flammable liquid and ignited.

The device failed to detonate and instead, it burned. and flamed-out. There are currently no suspects or motives and the investigation is ongoing.

TRIPwire, 21 August 2017, 1000

On 16 August, 2017, a residence in Alcanar sustained what authorities now assess to be a premature detonation of explosive materials. Fire investigators originally believed that the cause of the explosion was accidental and related to 20 compressed gas cylinders stored in the home. However, further investigation revealed a cache of approximately 120 gas cylinders and traces of high explosives. Homemade explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) were recovered from the scene. TATP is a highly volatile high explosive that is sensitive to shock and friction, and was  recently used in three other high profile European terror attacks linked to ISIS in Paris, Brussels and Manchester.

The original casualty figures were updated to two occupants of the residence that were killed, a third severely injured and 15 other civilians injured. One of those killed in Wednesday’s explosion in Alcanar is believed to be a former imam, Abdelbaki es Satty, who is the alleged organizer of the group.

TRIPwire, 21 August 2017, 1100

On 20 August 2017, the Lebanese interior minister released more details on the unsuccessful 15 July 2017 attempt to bring an IED onto a flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi. According to the minister, there were two devices that the suspects attempted to emplace onto the plane in the checked luggage, which failed to make it onboard the flight due to weight restrictions. The devices were reportedly concealed in a meat grinder and a child’s doll. Four brothers are believed to be involved in the attack: Amer Khayyat, the passenger on the flight who was apprehended in Lebanon; Khaled Khayyat and Mahmoud Khayyat, who were detained in Australia; and Tarek Khayyat, who Lebanese authorities identified as a member of ISIS living in Syria. Amer was initially reported as an unwitting transporter of the devices, but is now listed as a primary suspect suspect, intending to initiate the device twenty minutes into the flight.

TRIPwire, 18 August 2017, 0730

On 17 August 2017 at 1145 local time, officers from the Durant Police Department responded to a call of a disturbance at a residence in Durant. Neighbors reported that a man, who was recently released from prison, was abusing controlled substances. The suspect was arrested for outstanding warrants and public intoxication. During the course of the arrest, a possible pipe bomb was discovered in the suspect’s vehicle and removed by Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) bomb squad technicians. The pipe bomb will undergo further investigation by the OHP bomb squad at a safe location.