Internet guide on bombs deplored

THE broadcasting of bomb making instructions on the Internet was condemned by the Northern Ireland Office yesterday

THE broadcasting of bomb making instructions on the Internet was condemned by the Northern Ireland Office yesterday. The information is understood to have been transmitted from a web site in Chicago.

It lists ingredients for home made nail bombs, "explains how to use a petrol bomb "to maximum effect", and provides blueprints for pipe bombs.

The Northern Ireland Office said yesterday it was "deplorable that such material is available." Action on the problem was a matter for the RUC, it said. However, politicians claimed it was a matter for governments.

The Ulster Unionist Party security spokesman, Mr Ken Maginnis, said: "We should be seeking to have some constraints placed on those transmitting it by the relevant state."