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Injured: Mrs Fabian (left) is being treated in hospital. Her husband Nicholas (right) has been charged with her attempted murder
Blast: This mobile phone image shows the car burning after the 'bomb' exploded. Heavily-pregnant Victoria Fabian and her son, Charlie, aged eight, were inside when the device went off
This image shows the extent of the damage to the Mazda 323 after the explosion
The fireball unleashed after an Army bomb disposal expert allegedly blew up his heavily pregnant wife's car can be seen in a dramatic new mobile phone photo.
The explosion was caused by a 'fiendishly clever' hand grenade device.
Nicholas Fabian, 32, of Vigo, near Meopham, Kent, appeared in court yesterday charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm. He was remanded in custody.
The charges relate to his wife, Victoria, and his eight-year-old son Charlie who was also in the car.
She has been transferred to the Royal London Hospital for specialist treatment after suffering terrible leg injuries.
Surgeons are battling to reconstruct her badly damaged and burnt limbs.
Doctors believe Mrs Fabian's unborn child escaped unharmed from the blast, which happened in a residents' car park just after 1pm last Friday in Highview in Vigo.
The couple's son Charlie, who was also in the car at the time, was taken to hospital as a precaution but released after being kept in for observation.
A police source told The Sun: ‘It was apparently a fiendishly clever device and it is a miracle she wasn’t killed.’
During a five-minute hearing at Dartford Magistrates' Court, Fabian, wearing a blue jumper, confirmed his name, address and date of birth.
He will next appear at Maidstone Crown Court on March 22.
Yesterday relatives of Mrs Fabian said she had started 'her long road to recovery'.
In a statement issued through Kent Police, they said: 'At the moment, all our energy and attention is focused on supporting Vicky and her children.'
Fabian's mother, Kathleen Mitchell-Hewson, said he was due to be sent to Afghanistan shortly as a reservist, having left the Army in 2003.
Villagers described hearing a massive explosion on Friday before smoke could be seen rising above the car park.
Army bomb disposal experts set up a 400m exclusion zone and used a remote-controlled caterpillar robot to make sure the area was safe for residents to return home.
Investigating officers had expressed their 'shock' at the arrest of Fabian after initial claims the couple had been targeted in a hate campaign.
White-coated forensic officers have returned to the house searching for clues.
An MoD spokesman said they were 'aware of an incident in Kent' but that it was a matter for Kent Police.
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