100 people were evacuated from their houses in Dublin 8’s Park Terrace yesterday, after a hand grenade exploded after being thrown at a house.
A grenade pin was subsequently found by the Army Bomb Disposal Team, who also carried out a controlled explosion on a suspect package. The package was found, according to early reports, in a vehicle in the underground carpark of the Carman’s Court apartment complex.
RTE crime correspondent Paul Reynolds reported suspicions that the incident relates to a fight in a Dublin 8 pub over the weekend between a former INLA member and local gang members.
Initially, the incident was reported as being caused by a pipebomb, as journalists felt it was connected to an incident which occurred on Monday in the Dublin suburb of Mulhuddart, when a pipebomb was thrown from a moving vehicle.
