Gardaí fear rise in hand grenade attacks

LIMERICK gardaí fear city criminals have armed themselves with an arsenal of powerful hand grenades brought in from Eastern Europe where they are manufactured.

A major investigation is underway into a grenade attack on Sunday the first of its kind in the city in which the sitting room of a house was blasted.

One senior detective said it was the work of a "psychopath".

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