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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bombings > The area was crowded with shoppers. Witnesses said that s
by buro9 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bombings
> The area was crowded with shoppers. Witnesses said that shoppers fled from the first explosion into the path of the second. It was later found that the bombs had been placed inside cast-iron litter bins, causing large amounts of shrapnel
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1991/feb/19/northernireland.duncancampbell https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1991/feb/19/northernireland.d...
> Forty minutes later, a bomb hidden in a litter bin on the main concourse at Victoria exploded as police were carrying out a search, and while the rush hour was at its height.
> The dead man, a commuter, was the father of a 16-month-old child. He was killed by a shrapnel wound to the chest
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/two-young-boys-murdered-ira-12216451 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/two-young-boys-murdere...
> Hundreds of pieces of cast iron shrapnel from two litter bins, which had been blasted apart by Semtex, littered the shopping precinct
- shantly 7y agoAh. Yeah, thick-enough cast iron might do it. Doesn't break fast enough. [EDIT] I mean I guess I hadn't counted on the bins so strongly resembling actual bomb casings. Heh. Yeesh, that sucks. [EDIT EDIT] doesn't break fast enough and is brittle. I was thinking something like sheet steel.
- jandrese 7y agoThe bin became shrapnel, but I have to wonder how it compares to a pressure cooker full of nuts, bolts, and nails in terms of shrapnel production?