Pressure cooker bomb

Pressure cooker fragment believed by the FBI to be part of one of the explosive devices used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings

A pressure cooker bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) created by inserting explosive material into a pressure cooker and attaching a blasting cap into the cover of the cooker.[1]

Pressure cooker bombs have been used in a number of attacks in the 21st century. Among them have been the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, 2010 Stockholm bombings (failed to explode), the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt (failed to explode), the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.[2]

  1. ^ "A Short Recent History of Pressure Cooker Bombs". swampland. April 16, 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "What we know about the Boston bombing and its aftermath". CNN. April 19, 2013. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.