A man killed when a pipe bomb he had made exploded in his room in a Dublin homeless hostel cannot be identified, two decades after his arrival in Ireland and more than two years since his death. The man, known as Igor Dmitrov, is believed to have been aged 34 when he died at the Depaul hostel on Little Britain Street in Dublin’s north inner city in January 2024.
He arrived in Ireland in late 2006 on a passport now known to have been fake. A narrative verdict was recorded, stating the man “known as Igor Dmitrov” died of traumatic blunt force injuries following the explosion of a device, which was next to his head at the time.
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Source: Irish Times
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