Editing Improvised explosive device (section)

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{{Main|Animal-borne bomb attacks}}

Monkeys and [[war pig]]s were used as incendiaries around 1000 AD.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-15 |title=In Ancient Rome flaming war pigs were used to counter elephants |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/15/ancient-rome-flaming-war-pigs-used-counter-elephants/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=The Vintage News |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113210217/https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/15/ancient-rome-flaming-war-pigs-used-counter-elephants/?firefox=1|archive-date= January 13, 2023}}</ref> More famously the "[[anti-tank dog]]" and "[[bat bomb]]" were developed during World War II. In recent times, a two-year-old child and seven other people were killed by explosives strapped to a horse in the town of Chita in [[Colombia]].<ref name="horsebomb">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3098746.stm |title='Horse bomb' hits Colombia town |work=BBC News |date=11 September 2003 |access-date=18 October 2009}}</ref> The carcasses of certain animals were also used to conceal explosive devices by the [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|Iraqi insurgency]].{{cn|date=June 2023}}