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
  1. UVF 'behind blast bomb', BBC News, 23 May 2004.
  2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/4968359/Frank-OReilly-the-catholic-RUC-officer-killed-by-loyalists-in-1998.html
  3. Blast bomb defused at police station, BBC News, 14 February 2003.


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