Bicycle bomb

A bicycle bomb (or bike bomb) is an improvised explosive device that is placed on a bicycle.

History

The first two wheel bomb would be the horse-drawn vehicle used for the Wall Street bombing in 1920 in New York City. This idea developed into the bicycle bomb and car bomb.

United Kingdom

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

Afghanistan

Germany

Iraq

India

Russia

Jugoslavia Apocryphal - requires confirmation

Palestine

In popular culture

References

  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo. The bicycle was purchased on HP from Halfords and modified in a terraced house in Coventry. The bomb was a liquid explosive, in a bottle concealed in a book carried on the bicycle. The remains of the bicycle are in the Coventry Police's "Black Museum". Schrapnel from the blast is reported to have travelled over 2 miles /countdown_390828_mon_01.shtml
  2. IRA confirms it planted seaside bicycle bombs: Police seek tourist photos and information from hire firms
  3. Castles of the North, by Jonathan Olley (2003)
  4. Police die in Grozny explosions. The BBC News. 21 August 2009

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