Homemade bomb incidents scare town

TERROR has struck a Co Cork town with four homemade bombs being planted in Bantry within a 24-hour period.

The potential gas cannister fire bombs failed to detonate, but gardaí, during one attack, quenched a burning rope fuse leading to a 500,000 shellfish boat.

Gardaí remain baffled by the sinister planned attacks. Locals said last night the harbour town was gripped by fear. Burning trails of petrol, being used as fuses, caused fire damage to the exterior of several buildings in the town centre early yesterday. One of the crudely-constructed devices was also left outside the town's garda station early yesterday. Senior garda said the gas cylinder deposited outside the Bridge Street station was possibly a warning to gardaí.