Republic of Ireland - Petrol bomb thrown into Garda van

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Petrol bomb thrown into Garda van

BARRY ROCHE, Southern Correspondent

Gardaí in Cork are investigating an incident in which an officer's vehicle was petrol bombed while he was operating a speed checkpoint near Blarney last night.

The attack happened when the garda was sitting in a Gatso speed-detection van at the entrance to Primrose Hill estate on the main Blarney to Tower Road.

A man smashed in the passenger's window of the van and threw in a petrol bomb into the cabin of the van which was facing towards Blarney as the officer operated the speed-detection equipment.

The petrol bomb failed to explode, and the garda managed to extinguish the device before it caused him any injury or any serious damage to the vehicle.

The culprit, who was described as being about 6ft tall and wearing darking clothing and a hoodie top, fled on foot into Primrose Hill estate which is a few hundred yards from Tower.

The garda - a member of the Divisional Traffic Corps in his 30s - was uninjured but was badly shaken by the attack which happened at around 7.30pm.

Gardaí launched an immediate investigation into the attack, and the unexploded petrol bomb has been sent to Dublin for forensic analysis in the hope of identifying the attacker.

The device will be examined for fingerprint and any other forensic evidence which would help gardaí trace the person or persons behind the petrol bomb attack.

The van - which suffered a broken window and some smoke damage - is also been examined by Garda technical experts.

Gardaí were last night refusing to be drawn on whether the petrol bomb attack might be linked to two arson attacks on Blarney Garda station in the past 10 months.

Gardaí have appealed to anyone who may have any information on the van attack to contact them in confidence at Gurranebraher Garda station on 021-4946200.

Petrol bomb thrown into Garda van - The Irish Times - Fri, Aug 28, 2009

Petrol bomb thrown into Garda van - Ireland.com

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...p-1872843.html

Happened in Cork eh?? CorkguyKev have u got a watertight alibii!

On a more serious note what a nutter he could have killed the cop in the back

[supercowpowers]

On a more serious note what a nutter he could have killed the cop in the back

x2. I firmly believe those mobile speedcam vans are evil, but attempted homicide is a bit extreme.

The guy in the van may be a representation of the program, but that doesn't mean he was responsible for starting it or even that he supports it. Raise your hand if you've never had to do something you didn't believe in to keep your job...

[corkguykev]

Petrol bomb thrown into Garda van

BARRY ROCHE, Southern Correspondent

Gardaí in Cork are investigating an incident in which an officer's vehicle was petrol bombed while he was operating a speed checkpoint near Blarney last night.

The attack happened when the garda was sitting in a Gatso speed-detection van at the entrance to Primrose Hill estate on the main Blarney to Tower Road.

A man smashed in the passenger's window of the van and threw in a petrol bomb into the cabin of the van which was facing towards Blarney as the officer operated the speed-detection equipment.

The petrol bomb failed to explode, and the garda managed to extinguish the device before it caused him any injury or any serious damage to the vehicle.

The culprit, who was described as being about 6ft tall and wearing darking clothing and a hoodie top, fled on foot into Primrose Hill estate which is a few hundred yards from Tower.

The garda - a member of the Divisional Traffic Corps in his 30s - was uninjured but was badly shaken by the attack which happened at around 7.30pm.

Gardaí launched an immediate investigation into the attack, and the unexploded petrol bomb has been sent to Dublin for forensic analysis in the hope of identifying the attacker.

The device will be examined for fingerprint and any other forensic evidence which would help gardaí trace the person or persons behind the petrol bomb attack.

The van - which suffered a broken window and some smoke damage - is also been examined by Garda technical experts.

Gardaí were last night refusing to be drawn on whether the petrol bomb attack might be linked to two arson attacks on Blarney Garda station in the past 10 months.

Gardaí have appealed to anyone who may have any information on the van attack to contact them in confidence at Gurranebraher Garda station on 021-4946200.

Petrol bomb thrown into Garda van - The Irish Times - Fri, Aug 28, 2009

Petrol bomb thrown into Garda van - Ireland.com

Thug throws petrol bomb into garda's lap - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

Happened in Cork eh?? CorkguyKev have u got a watertight alibii!

On a more serious note what a nutter he could have killed the cop in the back

Now now, shame on you for thinking that .

You know I wouldn't go around burning a perfectly good GATSOmeter like that. I'd just add it to my collection .

I agree totally though. Total nut job. He could have sent the Garda to a fiery death by doing that. What a bad way to go .

As highlighted above in red, there has been 2 arson attacks on the local Garda station in the past year. One of them gutted the original building and the last one (a few weeks ago) was an attempt to burn down the temporary pre-fab building they are using while the other is being rebuilt so there is more to this than just a guy torching a camera van.

Crazy b@stards.