A man reportedly k!lled his ex and himself with a grenade in a house explosion in Bristol.
Police were called to a ‘domestic-related’ incident on Sunday, May 3, at an address in Sterncourt Road moments before an explosion was heard at around 6.30am.
A bomb disposal unit was deployed, and the force has confirmed it is not being treated as a suspected terrorism incident, according to Mail Online.
Three other people, who are believed to be the woman’s son and two other family members, were also hurt and were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
On Sunday, officers searched another property three miles away in Speedwell linked to the man.
Neighbours claimed the woman had recently moved into the terraced house to escape an ex-partner.
‘He’s turned up at her house with a grenade and detonated it on the doorstep and k!lled the pair of them,’ Wayne Smith, 58, told The Sun.
He added: ‘At first, when I heard the boom, I thought it was a gas explosion or even a huge car crash. I could feel the whole house shake.’
Superintendent Matt Ebbs told reporters in a press conference on Sunday afternoon: ‘At about 6.17am, we received a call to attend a domestic-related incident at a residential address in Sterncourt Road.
‘Officers were sent to the scene but shortly before they arrived, at just after 6.30am, there was an explosion inside the property.
‘A woman and a man have d!ed at the address, and we’re treating the explosion as suspicious.
‘Their families have been updated and are being supported by specially trained officers, and our thoughts are very much with them.
‘Three people, a man, a woman and a child, were taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.’
Around 70 people were evacuated from their homes and taken to the nearby Snuff Mill Harvester pub, which is being used as a makeshift rest centre.’
One neighbour said they had heard a ‘loud bang’ at around 6.30am and went outside, but was told by armed police to ‘get inside’.
‘There were two or three unmarked police cars and a number of ambulances and police vehicles, and now the bomb squad is there,’ they said.