The news clips below are from Pat Herdman's 12 July 2011 IED Indicator. The full report can be viewed at www.protectioninsider.com
The following is provided for information only and is derived from various news sources, blogs, or other open source reporting media. Subject matter tends to run along terrorist or criminal use of commercial, military, and homemade explosive devices both domestically and abroad; sources are indicated where available. The editor/compiler takes no responsibility for inaccurate reporting, conclusions, or opinions. -Pat Herdman
Northfield Village, Ohio, USA: Bomb Suspect Arrested By Northfield Village Police: Authorities have arrested a man suspected of leaving an explosive device attached to a Northfield Village police officer’s personal vehicle. Justin M. Fillinger, 24, is being held in the Summit County Jail on charges of attempted aggravated arson, illegal weapon possession, unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance and inducing panic. Fillinger was arrested Friday after he was found hiding in a home in Garfield Heights. Police Chief Mark Wentz said the investigation was aided by federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification. Fillinger is accused of hiding a 5-inch device packing the power of a half-stick of dynamite on a rear wheel of a Jeep owned by a village police officer and parked at the village lot. On May 20, the officer spotted the device, which malfunctioned and did not detonate, and contacted the Summit County bomb squad. The device, placed near the Jeep’s gas tank, was strong enough to kill, the chief said. Akron Beacon Journal, 12 JUL 2011
Kirkuk, Iraq: At least eleven people have sustained injuries after a bomb went off in close proximity of a police patrol in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk. The incident happened on Monday after an explosives-laden car targeted an Iraqi police patrol in Tuz Khurmato township, located 170 kilometers (105 miles) north of the capital Baghdad. There were four policemen among the injured, a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on condition of anonymity. Press TV, 11 JUL 2011
Baji, Iraq: In another Monday development, Lieutenant Colonel Salam Juma'a was killed after a magnetic "sticky bomb" attached to his vehicle went off in Baiji city, located some 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Baghdad. The explosion also left two Iraqi police officers wounded and caused severe damages to the car, according to witnesses. Press TV, 11 JUL 2011