Man arrested in Hyde Road bomb probe

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GARDAÍ attached to the Crime Office at Roxboro Road Garda Station have today (Tuesday) arrested a man in connection with ongoing investigations into two incidents of explosions which occurred on Hyde Road in Limerick City on July 15 2023.

The explosions happened outside two homes and one man was treated for injuries to his arm which were said at the time to be non-life threatening.

The pipe bomb used in the explosion went off in the early hours of the morning on July 15, 2023.

Gardaí and the emergency services were called to the scene and assisted the inured man.

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The man who was arrested today (Tuesday) is in his 20s has and was brought to a Garda Station in Limerick where he is currently being detained under the provisions of Section 30 of Offences Against the State Act 1939.

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