TGA0738 – Bank Robbery TTPs, Brazil
On the evening of April 27, 2023, a bank manager was kidnapped and held hostage in his home in Sobrália by a gang of bank robbers. The next morning, two of the gang of five armed robbers strapped a purported...
Terrogence Hydra report – April 2023
In this month’s In Focus, we examine the reaction of global jihad groups to the unrest in Sudan that started on April 15, 2023, caused by an armed conflict between rival factions of the military. For now, the Islamic State...
Mobius report 32/2023 – Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky, St. Petersburg, Russia
On April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred at Street Food Bar № 1, located on the corner of 6-Ya Liniya V.o. and Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, in St. Petersburg, Russia. A well-known military blogger named Maxim Fomin, also known under the...
TGA0737 – Multiple Mugin-5 Pro UAVs Deployed as Loitering Munitions in Various Configurations by Ukraine
On April 27, 2023, Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russian targets in the occupied city of Rovenky, in Luhansk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, with seven Mugin-5 Pro UAVs, five of which were reportedly shot down, while two initiated on the grounds...
Mobius report 31/2023 – JNIM SVBIED Attacks in Mali
On April 22, 2023, Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin’ carried out a complex attack incorporating SVBIEDs combined with raids targeting a Malian Air Force base in the town of Sévaré, which also hosts Russian Wagner Group forces, who have increased...
Mobius report 30/2023 – Booby-Trapped UAVs
On April 3, 2023, two images were posted on a Russian Telegram channel, showing the inside of a downed Ukrainian UAV. The aircraft appears to be a booby-trapped reconnaissance UAV. A comment on the image warned Ukrainian forces are increasingly...
Mobius report 29/2023 – Directional Fragmentation IEDs, Southern Thailand
On April 18, 2023, an IED was found and later neutralized near Moo No. 6 in the Ban Chue Nga area of Mueang Narathiwat District, in southern Thailand’s Narathiwat Province.The IED was connected to an initiation system cased in a...
Mobius report 28/2023 – IED Attack in Istanbul and Terrorist Groups Operating in the City
On November 13, 2022, an IED initiated on İstiklal Avenue, in Beyoğlu District, in the center of the Turkish city of Istanbul. The IED, which was concealed in a backpack, was placed on a bench in front of a Mango...
TGA0736 – Polystyrene and Gasoline Mixtures in IEDs and Armed UAV Ammunition, Ukraine
In April 2023, Russian and Ukrainian social media presented examples of a polystyrene and gasoline mixture and its possible application with IEDs, and specifically with small weaponized UAVs. The mixture is very easy to make, and the components are readily...
Mobius report 27/2023 – Standard Improvised Mortar Systems, Myanmar
During March 2023, several militias operating in Sagaing Province, in northwestern Myanmar, released documentation of improvised mortar systems they manufactured that have entered operational service in attacks against military and security forces throughout the region. All of the presented mortar...
Mobius report 26/2023 – New Combination RC and Time Delay Initiation System, Myanmar
On March 27, 2023, two multiple IED attacks targeted electrical/communications infrastructure in different areas of Yangon Region in southern Myanmar. At both scenes, the militants used IEDs with similar initiation systems – a time delay module board and a commercial...
Mobius report 25/2023 – Attempted Assassination of Japanese PM with Thrown Pipe IEDs
On April 15, 2023, an attempt was made to assassinate Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit to the Saikazaki Fishing Harbor in Wakayama city, in Wakayama Prefecture. As the PM was about to deliver a speech at the...
TGA0735 – IEDs Concealed in Pen Drives Sent to Journalists in Ecuador
In March 2023, five envelopes with pen drives concealing IEDs were sent to five journalists working at TV and radio stations in Guayaquil and Quito, in Ecuador. One of the VOIEDs partially initiated on March 20, 2023, when the targeted...
TGA0734 – Home Theater VOIED Initiated when Plugged in to Domestic Socket and Switched ON
On April 3, 2023, a victim operated IED in the form of a booby-trapped home theater system, gifted anonymously as a wedding present, initiated in a house in Chamari village, in the Kabir Dham District of Chhattisgarh State, in central...
Hydra report – March 2023
In this month’s In Focus, in Afghanistan, after a period of about two months during which the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province was silent and did not claim responsibility for any attacks, the group returned in the past month in full...
