 In the United Kingdom, flamethrowers are a "prohibited weapon" under section 5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968 and article 45(1)(f) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 and possession of a flamethrower would carry a sentence of up to ten years' imprisonment.In 1994, a man attacked school pupils at Sullivan Upper School, just outside Belfast, with a home-made flamethrower.A South African inventor brought the Blaster car mounted flamethrower to market in 1998 as a security device to defend against carjackers.