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July 17, 2003 -- Cops are on the lookout for a new street weapons, dubbed "Drano bombs," that have injured nine people since April.
They said youngsters have been shaking plastic bottles filled with water and Drano, which explode a short time later.
Eleven "bombs" were tossed - into a schoolyard and along Jewel Avenue in Queens - during one spree on May 9, cops said.
None of the victims, who included a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old, were seriously injured.
The first two attacks, on a Bronx bus on April 29 and in a Bronx dry cleaner on May 5, were committed by the same two kids.
One of the youths was also arrested in a third incident, in the hallway of a Bronx building on May 7.
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July 17, 2003 -- Cops are on the lookout for a new street weapons, dubbed "Drano bombs," that have injured nine people since April.
They said youngsters have been shaking plastic bottles filled with water and Drano, which explode a short time later.
Eleven "bombs" were tossed - into a schoolyard and along Jewel Avenue in Queens - during one spree on May 9, cops said.
None of the victims, who included a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old, were seriously injured.
The first two attacks, on a Bronx bus on April 29 and in a Bronx dry cleaner on May 5, were committed by the same two kids.
One of the youths was also arrested in a third incident, in the hallway of a Bronx building on May 7.
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I'm not sure what to make of this.