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The nail bomb is an Anti-personnel Explosive Device packed with Nails to increase its wounding ability. The nails act as Shrapnel , leading almost certainly to greater loss of life and injury in inhabited areas than the Explosive s alone would. The nail bomb is also a type of Flechette weapon. Such Weapons use bits of Shrapnel ( Ball Bearings , nail heads, broken Razors , Darts and bits of metal) to produce a large radius of destruction. Nail bombs are often used by Terrorists , in particular by Suicide Bomber s, since it causes large number of casualties when detonated in crowded places. However, nail bombs can be detected via Electromagnetic sensors and standard metal detectors. NAIL-BOMBING INCIDENTS A number of nail-bombings occurred in 1999 when the Neo-Nazi David Copeland planted several devices in London targeted against ethnic minorities and Homosexuals . "David Copeland: a quiet introvert, obsessed with Hitler and bombs" by Nick Hopkins and Sarah Hall, ''The Guardian'', June 30, 2000 On 21 July 2005 there was an explosion in London on the top deck of a number 26 Double Decker Bus near Shoreditch. Early reports indicated that this may have been a nail bomb. On 31 December 2005 , an Indonesian marketplace was Nail-bombed , and a second undetonated bomb was found nearby. On 29 June 2007 , a nail bomb that was assumed to be a part of a terror plot was discovered in a Mercedes car and was consequently diffused by police in the West End Of London . There was a second car bomb, further down the street that was apparently scheduled to detonate as evacuees and survivors fled down the street, to a nearby tube station. It is probable this bomb was also a nail/shrapnel device. SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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