Explosion of Locally Made Stun Grenade near Municipality and Police Station of Deir Al Balah

At approximately 10:40 pm on Friday 5 August 2011, a locally made stun grenade exploded in the town of Deir Al Balah.
According to the information available to Al Mezan, the stun grenade was placed near a mobile cart selling carob juice.
The owner of the cart usually sells juice during the daytime and leaves the cart in Deir Al Balah during the Ramadan fast-breaking.
  As a result, the cart was completely burnt down; passersby were terrified and panicked.
Owners of adjacent shops were forced to close their businesses.
Fire engines immediately arrived at the scene and put out the fire.
  Afterwards the police, accompanied by the Internal Security Apparatus, arrived at the scene and initiated an investigation into the incident.
The explosion took place about 100 meters to the east of the Deir Al Balah Municipality and Police Station.
In its affidavit to Al Mezan, the criminal investigations unit of the police reported that it had opened an investigation to identify the perpetrators.
The police asserted that incidents of this kind aim to create an atmosphere of instability and added that similar incidents had taken place many times during previous Ramadans.