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TRIPwire, 29 December 2022
On 28 December 2022, Mizoram Police and Indian Army personnel seized explosives and bomb-making material (BMM), described as 48 gelatin sticks, 73 detonators, and 5 meters [~16.4 feet] of detonating cord during a search as part of an investigation in Kakichhuah, Mizoram. Since November 2022, four suspects have been arrested as part of the ongoing joint operation.
TRIPwire, 29 December 2022
On 29 December 2022, at approximately 0410 hours local time, unidentified suspects used explosives to target an ATM at a bank in via Ilaria Alpi in the Torre del Moro area before fleeing the scene with an unknown amount of money. According to media reporting, the suspects inserted a gas mixture into the ATM before detonating it. The ATM was destroyed and the building sustained extensive damage. No injuries were reported, and the investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 28 December 2022
TRIPwire, 28 December 2022
On 27 December 2022, at approximately 0945 hours local time, El Paso County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a trash dumping station in El Paso County after employees found an apparent pipe bomb, described as the size of a shoe box, following a call from an unidentified suspect who told employees that there was a bomb on the property. The Colorado Springs Police Department Regional Explosives Unit responded to assist and rendered the device safe. No further device details were provided. The investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 28 December 2022
On 28 December 2022, at approximately 0425 hours local time, unidentified suspects used explosives to target an ATM at a supermarket parking lot in Simmertal, Bad Kreuznach district. No further details about the explosives have been released. The ATM was destroyed and the building sustained extensive damage. No injuries were reported, and it is unknown if any money was stolen. The investigation is ongoing
TRIPwire, 27 December 2022
TRIPwire, 27 December 2022
On 26 December 2022, at approximately 1345 hours local time, Bingham County Sheriff's Office deputies, Booneville County Sheriff’s Office deputies, and Idaho Falls Police Department (IFPD) officers responded to Moreland Park in Blackfoot when a reported explosive device was discovered in the park’s restroom. No further device details have been released. IFPD Regional Bomb Squad responded to assist and utilized a counter charge to render the device safe. The incident remains under investigation.
TRIPwire, 27 December 2022
On 25 December 2022, a series of 9 attacks in Balochistan province killed 6 Pakistani army personnel and injured 17 civilians. In the Kahan region, an IED functioned near a security forces’ vehicle during a clearance operation. In Quetta, unknown militants threw a grenade in a bazaar near a residential area. In the Sambaza area of Zhob district, a Pakistani soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with a militant who was also killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the various explosive attacks, and the investigations are ongoing.
TRIPwire, 27 December 2022
On 27 December 2022, an unknown suspect threw an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at the building of a local television station in the Wata el-Mouseitbeh neighborhood in Beirut, which self-extinguished before reaching the building. No further device details have been released, and the incident remains under investigation.
TRIPwire, 23 December 2022