Propane bomb

A propane bomb is a type of improvised explosive device which uses commercially available bottled gas cylinders, a kind of BLEVE.

[3] Despite the lack of sophistication and wide availability of its component parts, a gas-enhanced device can be a lethal weapon.

[4] In 1994, Hamas claimed responsibility for a car in Israel packed with nails and propane gas that exploded, killing the driver and seven people at a bus stop.

The attackers appear to have been Muslims unaffiliated with any organization who were disgruntled about the War on Terror taking place in the Middle East.

A passenger had spotted a red canister on the track which looked like small propane tanks with straps and wires.

[10] In 2016, a French Muslim teenager was arrested after attempting to ignite propane tanks in her car outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

In 2018 in Melbourne, Australia, a Somali terrorist ignited propane tanks in his car before stabbing three civilians and attempting to kill police officers.

U.S. Justice Department diagram shows propane cylinders in improvised car bomb used in the attempted Times Square bombing