And the GSU says George Street isn't only packing grenades, there are also home-made explosives. On New Year's Day, at around 10:30 a.m., GSU personnel searched an abandoned building at the corner of Bishop and Far West Streets.
That search led to the discovery of 2 Molotov cocktail bombs in a black plastic bag along-side the chain-link fence. According to the GSU, the bombs were manufactured using pint bottles filled with pellets, nails and metal shards - to be released as shrapnel - and a liquid accelerant.
The GSU says it believes that the cocktails were intended to be used against the security forces patrolling in the George Street area. They say the house is in the generally controlled area of the gang.
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