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  The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Petrol bombs recovered, 14 held at Mount
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Petrol bombs recovered, 14 held at Mount
TAMBARAM : A clash at Sembakkam, the detention of an independent candidate contesting for the post of president of Medavakkam village panchayat on charges of snatching ballot papers and attempts at booth capturing marked the otherwise peaceful elections to local bodies in the southern suburbs of Chennai.
During one such check at St. Thomas Mount, police recovered petrol bombs and arrested 14 youths belonging to Vyasarpadi area, who were reportedly employed by a political party to disrupt poll proceedings.
www.hindu.com /2006/10/16/stories/2006101614500400.htm   (585 words)

  
  For the Record   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Petrol bombs were also thrown at the back of a house in Central park, Antrim town.
Two blast bombs were thrown at an RUC man's house in the town and an off-duty RUC man had to fire a shot in the air after being attacked and surrounded by a 50-strong crowd in the town's North Road.
Also there were petrol bomb attacks on houses in Garvagh and Lurgan; in the latter case the resident was taken to hospital with a heart attack.
www.freewebs.com /saoirse/record/record16.htm   (4329 words)

  
 Petrol bombs thrown at police
Petrol bombs are thrown at cars and police during trouble at a bonfire at Ballymena in County Antrim.
Petrol bombs are thrown at Lurgan police station after a contentious Protestant parade returns to the town.
Petrol bombs are thrown at police as they escort ballot boxes from polling stations in Londonderry.
www.stargeek.com /item/221331.html   (918 words)

  
 Petrol bombs thrown at Syrian embassy in Berlin, News, Germany, Expatica
Petrol bombs thrown at Syrian embassy in Berlin, News, Germany, Expatica
Petrol bombs thrown at Syrian embassy in Berlin
BERLIN - Several petrol bombs were thrown at the Syrian embassy in Germany early on Tuesday, but caused minimal damage and no injuries, police and fire officials said.
www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=20348   (154 words)

  
 Bomb case accused locked up - National - smh.com.au
A BAIL court registrar has rejected an accused man's explanation that he had intended 17 petrol bombs found in his car to be thrown onto a bonfire on the beach.
The youth admitted having made the petrol bombs but said he had intended to use them in "playing games", in which rival groups threw them at each other.
Josefo said the petrol bombs were intended for a beach bonfire.
www.smh.com.au /news/national/bomb-case-accused-locked-up/2007/01/14/1168709616111.html   (432 words)

  
 Turkey: Student campaigners tortured and imprisoned - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Following an unrelated violent incident in Ankara, the capital, on 30 March 1996, in which three petrol bombs were thrown into a street in the city centre, 31 students from universities in the city were detained almost three weeks later at their homes, their university or in the street.
Petrol bombs, a banner and a number of documents were found.
Petrol bombs, a banner and documents were discovered which the two claimed had been planted in the apartment.
web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGEUR440541997?open&of=ENG-TUR   (6871 words)

  
 Petrol bombs thrown at officers: 25.08.2005: www.prague-czech-republic-accommodation.com
Petrol bombs and other missiles have been thrown at police during another night of disturbances in north Belfast.
During the attacks, a Catholic mother ran outside to plead with the gang not to throw paint at her house because her two-year-old son was playing outside.
The police said they had recovered a number of "unused paint bombs" close to the scene and have appealed for local community representatives to use their influence to stop these attacks.
www.prague-czech-republic-accommodation.com /article-102765-en.html   (355 words)

  
 RTE News - Petrol bombs thrown overnight in North Belfast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A number of petrol bombs were thrown overnight by rival groups in North Belfast.
Two primed petrol bombs were discovered at the rear of premises in Alliance Avenue.
A few hours later petrol bombs were thrown from Glenbryn towards houses in Alliance Avenue.
wwa.rte.ie /news/2002/1014/North01.html   (95 words)

  
 Sectarian incidents and attacks July 1-15 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A number of petrol bombs were thrown at both Protestant and Catholic homes and two coffee-jars made safe during rioting in the Whitewell area of Belfast, which went on until 5am.
A pipe bomb was thrown at a house in Barnfield Grange, Derriaghy, Lisburn.
A pipe bomb attack on a Protestant family in Oldpark was blamed on loyalists, and shots were fired from the vicinity of the nationalist Newington area.
www.serve.com /~pfc/sattacks/july01attb.html   (4601 words)

  
 Welcome to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Constable B fired at a man who was seen throwing a number of petrol bombs at the police, hitting him in the right leg.
By this stage a crowd of between 300 and 400 people were involved in serious public disorder, throwing petrol bombs, a variety of explosive devices and using high-powered catapults to fire at the police.
A bus was hijacked and petrol and blast bombs continued to be thrown.
www.policeombudsman.org /Reports.cfm?CatId=1&ID=42&action=detail   (1380 words)

  
 'Death to Denmark'
Tehran - A crowd of about 400 demonstrators threw petrol bombs and stones at the Danish embassy in Tehran on Monday night in a protest over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.
A Reuters correspondent at the scene said about 20 petrol bombs had been thrown at the embassy, which sits behind a high wall in a residential district of northern Tehran.
Only one of the petrol bombs had gone over the wall, to loud cheers from the crowd which chanted "Death to Denmark".
www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,6935,2-10-1462_1876321,00.html   (220 words)

  
 BBC News | NORTHERN IRELAND | Petrol bombs thrown as rioters clash
Petrol bombs were thrown at homes on both sides of the peaceline between White City and Serpentine Gardens on Thursday night.
Firefighters were called to deal with petrol bombs as homes on the White City estate came under attack.
In Serpentine Gardens, one man said he had "had enough" after his kitchen roof was damaged by a petrol bomb.
newsimg.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/1754725.stm   (438 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Wales | North East Wales | Boy, 13, 'threw petrol bombs'
A 13-year-old boy was captured on CCTV throwing petrol bombs and setting fire to the ground during a disturbance at a north Wales housing estate.
Mold Crown Court was told that the schoolboy was one of the leaders of a group of petrol bombers during riots at Caia Park in June.
He threw a flaming petrol can at the police and was later seen running away with one of his gloves on fire.
newsimg.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/north_east/3207713.stm   (547 words)

  
 FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: INFANTRY AT-WEAPONS PART 1
When petrol bombs had been first used in Abyssinia they had been simply filled with alcohol or petrol and had been used by first throwing the bottle and then throwing burning piece of fabric tied to stick after it.
Petrol bombs of Spanish Civil War were simpler to use then the ones earlier used in Abyssinia.
Petrol bomb: British 1940 development used edged whisky bottle and strap of film tied around the neck of the bottle as method of ignition.
www.jaegerplatoon.net /OTHER_AT_WEAPONS1.htm   (3891 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Molotov cocktail, named after Vyacheslav Molotov and also known as the petrol bomb, benzene torch, Molotov grenade or Molotov bomb, is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons.
Petrol bombs were widely used throughout the Troubles in Northern Ireland in riots, directed towards the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) or the British Army.
During the highly violent and intense Oldham Race Riots on May 26 2001 in Oldham, England, petrol bombs were the primary projectile used by youths against riot police.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Molotov_Cocktail   (1294 words)

  
 Sectarian Attacks October 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
October 1, Tuesday A petrol bomb thrown by loyalists struck the roof of an abandoned bungalow in Strand Walk, a row of houses inhabited mainly by pensioners in the Catholic Short Strand enclave in east Belfast.
A suspected loyalist pipe bomb was found in a tree in a wooded area close to a children's playground in north Belfast.
Loyalists petrol bombed the church of St Mary's on the Hill, in Glengormley, north of Belfast.
www.serve.com /~pfc/sattacks/oct02att.html   (3259 words)

  
 Petrol Bomb
A crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick.
A Molotov cocktail is a crude incendiary weapon which consists of a glass bottle filled with flammable liquid, usually gasoline (petrol) or alcohol (generally methanol or ethanol), and a rag stuffed in the mouth of the bottle.
Petrol bombs had already been used in the Spanish Civil War, sometimes propelled by a sling.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/pe/petrol+bomb.html   (507 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Police station petrol bombed
Petrol bombs have been thrown at Lurgan police station after a Black Preceptory parade returned to the County Armagh town.
Petrol bombs, bricks and bottles were thrown at the building.
Petrol bombs were also thrown at soldiers in the Brownlow Terrace area, close to Lurgan railway station on Tuesday evening.
newsvote.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/3892371.stm   (538 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Troops describe shower of petrol bombs during riot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Warrior vehicle was showered with petrol bombs after they were caught in a riot on Monday during a British raid on a Basra jail to free two undercover soldiers detained by local security forces.
"Once the petrol bomb had gone into the turret it had seeped down in the back with the troops in the back, and down into the driver tunnel, which is located between the turret and the driving hatch.
Apart from the one [petrol bomb] that went into the turret nothing was seriously wrong with the vehicle.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1975442005   (1037 words)

  
 RTÉ News: Third night of unrest in Belfast
Petrol bombs, bricks, bottles and other missiles including fireworks were thrown between the rival groups and at police, according to a Police Service spokesman.
Three crates were found with 50 primed petrol bombs, along with 300 bottles.
The homes were attacked mainly with petrol bombs and were in the Protestant White City area and also Catholic homes in the Serpentine Gardens area.
www.rte.ie /news/2001/1118/north1.html   (423 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie - 2005/07/23: Petrol bombs thrown at church
Petrol bombs were thrown at a Catholic Church today — just days after the parish priest called for the release of the Shankill bomber Sean Kelly.
Police said the church, on the Crumlin Road, was targeted shortly after 2am when two petrol bombs were thrown from the Woodvale Road area.
Fr Troy said the rear roof of the church was damaged by one of the bombs.
archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2005/07/23/story213047.asp   (529 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Ugandan police recover 18 petrol bombs in Kampala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Ugandan police have recovered 18 petrol bombs alleged made for use in post-election violence by unidentified people, state-owned Sunday Vision reported.
Police Chief Kale Kayihura was quoted as saying the bombs were recovered a few days ago, but he did not disclose where they had been recovered as investigation were still going on.
Kayihura said the bombs were recovered with assistance from members of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) who did not want to get involved in violence.
english.people.com.cn /200602/26/eng20060226_246185.html   (236 words)

  
 Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News article
Two petrol bombs were thrown at Jackie McGuire's house in Millfield at 1am yesterday (Friday) in an attack she described as attempted murder.
Ms McGuire said her house had been paint bombed eight days ago with a device thrown through glass in the front door which left green paint splattered on the floor and walls of the hall.
The petrol bombs thrown yesterday struck the outside of the house and caused scorch damage.
www.nuzhound.com /articles/irish_news/arts2006/sep2_Protestant_family_forced_out_Ballymena.php   (502 words)

  
 Beppe Grillo's Blog: Religion, war and petrol
It’s bombing Beirut and is imposing an air and sea blockade.
Bombing apartment buildings full of civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure on a massive scale can only bring supreme hatred on them from the rest of the world.
These Israeli bombings are entering the body and fragmenting, causing internal combustion leading to up to fourth degree internal burns, exposing the bone, and affecting the tissue and skin.”
www.beppegrillo.it /eng/2006/07/religion_war_and_petrol_1.html   (4191 words)

  
 SomaliNet News: Iraq: 13 killed as bombs hit petrol station : SomaliNet > Somali > Somalia and Somalinad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
According to reports, the bombs exploded in quick succession near a petrol station in Baghdad’s western suburb of Mansour.
The blasts in Mansour set fire to the petrol station and burned several cars in the area, reports said.
A member of the Iraqi security services in Mansour told the said that both of the explosions were car bombs.
somalinet.com /news/world/World/6442   (237 words)

  
 Clashes during NATO summit leave 30 injured
At least 30 people were injured when protesters hurling paving stones and petrol bombs clashes with riot police in Istanbul on Monday on the firs day of NATO summit.
Petrol bombs blazed on the ground and people ran from billowing clouds of teargas.
Small bomb blasts last week in Ankara and Istanbul, which killed four people, put nerves on edge ahead of the summit.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-06/29/content_343583.htm   (600 words)

  
 Irish Examiner > Breaking News > Crowd attacks police with petrol bombs
Police have come under petrol bomb attack in north Belfast, it was revealed today.
When they went to investigate, officers recovered two petrol bombs, a canister of petrol, a tin of paint and other items for making petrol and paint bombs.
One petrol bomb was thrown at a police Land Rover and the children’s playground was set on fire.
www.irishexaminer.com /breaking/story.asp?j=9617634&p=96y768x&n=9617722&x=   (315 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Protesters Hurl Petrol Bombs at UK Embassy in Iran
Demonstrators reportedly hurled petrol bombs, firecrackers and stones at the British embassy.
TEHRAN - Scores of Iranian demonstrators hurled petrol bombs at the British embassy on Tuesday in renewed protests over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad and Western opposition to Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Cheers erupted when a petrol bomb was thrown over the high wall surrounding the embassy compound in central Tehran.
en.epochtimes.com /news/6-2-14/38162.html   (375 words)

  
 BBC News | Latest News | Police probe Belfast petrol bombs
Petrol bombs have often been used in past battles with the RUC
A stockpile of petrol bombs has been found in West Belfast following a second night of attacks on an RUC base.
The 31 primed bombs and 12 paint bombs were seized during a search operation mounted in the Horne Drive area after a petrol bomb attack on Woodbourne RUC station late on Friday night.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/events/northern_ireland/latest_news/256288.stm   (438 words)

  
 News | Telegraph
A crowd of about 400 demonstrators have attacked the Danish embassy in Teheran with petrol bombs and stones in protest over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper.
According to witnesses the embassy, which is located behind a high wall in a residential district of northern Teheran, was pelted with petrol bombs and molotov cocktails.
One of the petrol bombs was believed to have gone over the wall, to loud cheers from the crowd, which was said to be chanting "Death to Denmark".
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/06/uiran.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/06/ixportaltop.html   (280 words)

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