Posted on 04/02/2014 1:17:13 PM PDT by matt04
Irish police believe that a gangland bomber blew himself up after he forgot about the clocks changing for summer time while he was planting a bomb on Sunday.
The police are waiting to interview a man who, it is suspected, was severely injured after the bomb he was planting went off early.
The suspected bomber was seen fleeing the area in Dublin with "blood dripping down his face" after an explosive device planted under a Volvo SUV went off.
The police have suggested that the suspect accidently injured himself in the explosion because he forgot to set his watch forward on the morning of the attack.
"This certainly was a high-grade explosive used in this bomb. It wasn't garbage stuff. It would appear the bomber got his timings wrong," a police source told the Mirror.
"It could be a case where he didn't put his watch forward on Sunday and the timer went off too soon. If anyone had been in the car or walking near it at the time then they would have been killed."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Daylight Saving Time strikes a blow for good!
(for once)
ALLRIGHT!!!!
PAY ATTENTION!!!
I am only going to show you this ONCE.
AKBAH ALLAH or whatever, have a nice trip.
Everyone want to know if this blowed up guy was Irish or Muslim-Irish
Sounds like the not too bright jihadi bomber who got sent out to blow up a bus and came back with burnt lips.
LMAO!
It was a block from the Dublin mosque. Questions?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bomber-blew-himself-up-after-3320761
Excerpt:
A senior source said: “This certainly was a high-grade explosive used in this bomb. It wasn’t garbage stuff.
“It would appear the bomber got his timings wrong.
“It could be a case where he didn’t put his watch forward on Sunday [at 1am] and the timer went off too soon.
“However, it is more likely he didn’t realise just how powerful the explosives would be.
“If anyone had been in the car or walking near it at the time then they would have been killed.”
The Volvo SUV was completely destroyed in the blast while a house beside the vehicle had its doors and windows blown off.
The army bomb squad was called to the scene by police and the Explosive Ordnance Defence unit was carrying out a post blast analysis yesterday.
The car owner runs a business in the area and has no criminal convictions.
He declined to comment when contacted yesterday.
[ Are you a fan of coffee Mr Ryan? Try the Lindel brand. ]
I hear he had blew eyes.
This certainly was a high-grade explosive used in this bomb. It wasn’t garbage stuff...GTFO! If it was high grade and could have killed or damaged a targeted car, he would NOT have run off.
Stupid is as stupid does.
If it was such a high grade explosive, why is the guy still alive?
Well, sent out on the sabotage mission, at least he did not burn his lips on the car he was assigned to blow up.
I’d guess it was drug related. Maybe... Curiousity killed the cat. If he stayed close enough to see his handiwork, not knowing the power of the device, he could have caught a face full of shrapnel.
Had he been holding it his new nickname would be “Lefty”.
“Had he been holding it his new nickname would be “Lefty”.
How about “Stumpy”?
Looks like a Muselmann being called an Irishman
"He blowed up real good."
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