- Bicycle bomb
A bicycle bomb (or bike bomb) is an
improvised explosive device that is placed on abicycle .Use
History
The first two
wheel bomb would be thehorse-drawn vehicle used for theWall Street bombing in 1920 inNew York City . This idea developed into the bicycle bomb andcar bomb .United Kingdom
On the
25 August 1939 an IRA bicycle bomb exploded in Coventry, killing five people. In 1979 a bomb exploded in a mailbag on a postman's bicycle in Streatley,Berkshire . The IRA used the bicycle bomb twice in Northern Ireland and once at a British military installation in Germany. [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199394/cmhansrd/1994-07-08/Writtens-1.html]ri Lanka
On
30 August 2001 a time bomb tied to a bicycle exploded in the coastal townKalmunai , killing two policemen and a bystander.Pakistan
A bicycle bomb exploded in a suburb of
Quetta on24 May 2004 , wounding 15 police and militiamen traveling in a police truck.Afghanistan
In
Kandahar in the main square at least 15 people were wounded by a bicycle bomb. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/06/afghan.blast/index.html] In February 2006 in the city ofKunduz as a result of a bicycle bomb two Afghans were killed and a German Bundeswehr soldier (from ISAF) was injured. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1913207,00.html] InKabul on10 October 2006 , a bicycle bomb exploded near a police bus, wounding 11 police officers and civilians [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/10/bicycle-bomb.html] .Iraq
In the Iraqi city of
Baqubah according to the police at least 25 people were killed in a bicycle bombing on26 June 2006 .India
In the Indian city of
Jaipur a series of seven bomb blasts took place within a span of twelve minutes on13 May 2008 , killing at least 90 people and injuring hundreds more.Bicycle bombs in the arts
The novel "
The Quiet American " byGraham Greene describes the use of bicycle bombs inSaigon .The movie "Charlie Wilson's War " describes the need for bicycle bombs in theAfghanistan resistance of theUSSR .References
* [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/06/afghan.blast/index.html Afghan bicycle bomb injures 15 - CNN - December 6 2003]
* [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1913207,00.html Bicycle Bomb Kills Locals, Injures German Soldier - Deutsche Welle - February 22 2006]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/10/bicycle-bomb.html Bicycle bomb near police bus injures 11 in Kabul - CBC News - October 10 2006]
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