satchel bomb

plural satchel bombs

1. An explosive device contained within a bag or satchel.

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   On the evening of May 13, 1985, longstanding tensions between MOVE, a black liberation group, and the Philadelphia Police Department erupted horrifically. That night, the city of Philadelphia dropped a satchel bomb, a demolition device typically used in combat, laced with Tovex and C-4 explosives on the MOVE organization, who were living in a West Philadelphia rowhome known to be occupied by men, women, and children. It went up in unextinguished flames.

   2019 August 8, Lindsey Norward, “The day Philadelphia bombed its own people”, in Vox

   Synonyms: satchel charge