GANGSTERS TARGET RIVAL USING BOMB ATTACHED TO DRONE

Flying viable device crashed away from intended location

- BY PAUL HEALY

GANGSTERS used a drone to launch a flying bomb attack against a rival, it has emerged.

The Irish Daily Star has learned the Defence Forces' EOD unit had to be called to make the pipe bomb safe following the incident in Finglas, north Dublin early yesterday.

It's believed to be the first time criminals have used a drone to launch a flying bomb and comes as tensions between two gangs in the area have been simmering for the past fortnight.

Sources have told us that the drone was flying near Glenties Park when it crashed away from its target.

The target was a low level criminal in the Finglas area who is part of a gang that has been rowing with another outfit for weeks and shots have been fired several times.

We have learned an ally of the criminal targeted with the drone bomb was also in the rival gang's sights overnight. Gardai who rushed to the scene discovered the drone and found it contained a suspected pipe bomb.

It had crashed into an unconnected house whose occupants have no connection to criminality.