Blast bomb, is a term used in Northern Ireland, for a type of improvised explosive device, a police officer was killed by a blast bomb in Northern Ireland during which ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century, by loyalists?
Blast bomb Blast bomb is a term used in Northern Ireland for a type of improvised explosive device. 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 and in 2001 Loyalist protesters threw a blast bomb at Catholic schoolgirls, some as young as 4 years old, making their way to school in September 2001. Ordinary fireworks are sometimes used in a similar fashion to blast bombs. Such devices which are packed with nails are referred to as nail bombs.
Sean Kelly (Irish republican) Sean Kelly, (born c. 1972) is a former volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and a convicted murderer, who was a member of the active service unit which carried out the Shankill Road bombing in 1993.