Gangsters used a drone to launch a flying bomb attack against a rival in Dublin overnight, it has emerged.
The Irish Mirror has learned that the Defence Forces’ EOD unit had to be called to be make the pipe bomb safe following the incident in Finglas, north Dublin early this morning.
It’s believed to be the first time criminals have ever used to a drone to launch a flying bomb – and comes as tensions between two gangs in the area have been simmering for the past fortnight.
Sources have told us that the drone was flying near Glenties Park when it crashed. The target of the attack was a low level criminal in the Finglas area who is part of a gang that has been rowing with another outfit for the past few weeks – and shots have been fired several times.
We have learned that an ally of the criminal targeted with the drone bomb was also in the rival gang’s sights overnight. It is understood that criminal left his own home a few hundred yards away from the failed drone attack when he heard what happened.
Gardai who rushed to the scene discovered the drone and found that it contained a suspected pipe bomb.
They quickly called in the Defence Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit – or bomb squad – who made the device safe. It’s understood it was a sophisticated and viable device – and the experts had to carry out a controlled explosion on it.
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