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.