Blast bomb
Blast bomb is a term used in Northern Ireland for a type of improvised explosive device.[1] More specifically, these devices are usually a form of homemade grenade, which is thrown at a target. These devices have been used in a number of public order situations, and in attacks on the Royal Ulster Constabulary, its successor Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and British Army. A police officer was killed by a blast bomb in Northern Ireland during The Troubles by loyalists.[2][3]
A similar type of device, also common in Northern Ireland, is the pipe bomb.
References[]
- ^ UVF 'behind blast bomb', BBC News, 23 May 2004.
- ^ "Frank O'Reilly, the catholic RUC officer killed by loyalists in 1998".
- ^ Blast bomb defused at police station, BBC News, 14 February 2003.
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