Test shows hand found at Dublin school was from young teen injured in gas canister explosion
The body part was dropped into the school yard at Our Lady Immaculate school in Darndale by a bird on the morning of Friday, February 21
The scene at the school where the hand was found
A garda studies the hand in the schoolyard
A hand that was discovered at a school in north Dublin belonged to a young teen who injured himself in a gas canister explosion, DNA tests have confirmed.
The body part was dropped into the school yard at Our Lady Immaculate school in Darndale by a bird on the morning of Friday February 21.
The school was on mid-term break and no children were present at the time.
The hand was discovered at around midday and gardaí were alerted.
A “prominent theory” in the early stages of the investigation was that the hand may have belonged to a local male child who suffered horrific injuries in a gas canister explosion at a bonfire in the Darndale area the previous night.
A number of children had been playing with the canister before the accident happened.
The child had…
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