A VIABLE explosive device that was thrown at a house in Limerick on Wednesday night was removed from the scene and made safe by a team of army bomb disposal experts.
The attack is linked to a prolonged feud between rival criminal elements based on the south side of the city.
The crude device, which is understood to have been made up of a pipe containing flammable material, was thrown at a house at Hyde Road, Ballinacurra Weston.
The device failed to detonate and no persons were injured.
It’s understood that a number of the occupants of the house were in the garden of the property at the time.
Gardaí said they received a report “of an incident that occurred at a domestic residence in Ballinacurra Weston at approximately 10:30pm, Wednesday” and that their “investigations are ongoing”.
The Irish Defence Forces said that it received a call from An Garda Siochana for assistance at 1.49am this Thursday.
It said it sent “bomb disposal experts” from its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team to the scene “in relation to a suspected pipe-bomb”.
“Following an assessment by the EOD team the device was removed to Collins Barracks, Cork, for disposal and the scene was handed over to An Garda Siochana,” it said.
The army bomb disposal team left the scene, to return to its base in Cork, at 5.41am.
There have been a large number of tit for tat violent attacks in the area linked to an ongoing feud.
Several drive by shootings, fire bombings and pipe bomb attacks have led to a number of persons being seriously injured and properties damaged.
One home was so badly damaged that it had to be demolished following one of the pipe bomb blasts.
A number of individuals have received GIM (Garda Information Messages) informing them that their lives are under specific threat.
Anyone with information can contact local Gardaí at Roxboro Road on 061 214 340 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.
Gardaí and the Defence Forces were contacted for comment but did not immediately reply.
