Pipebomb severs boy’s seven fingers

A child’s hands were ripped apart yesterday after he picked up a pipebomb left outside the front door of his house.

The five-year-old boy had seven of his fingers blown off when the homemade device exploded as he touched it.

Four fingers on one hand and three fingers on the other were severed in the blast, which occurred in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, just after 8am.