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Sat 06 Jun 2007Explosive devices now more widely used in minor feudsHand grenades and pipe bomb devices have recently featured in seven different disputes, writes Conor Lally, Crime CorrespondentGardaí believe the device used in Crumlin on Thursday and that used in an attack in the Coombe area of Dublin on Tuesday night were both fragmentation grenades, a military term for a traditional exploding grenade. They are far more dangerous than the pipe bombs that have become a feature of many attacks in recent months.