Eastgate Mall device not a bomb
By Lelethu Mquqo
29 November 2011
Gauteng police have confirmed that the device left outside of a jewellery store in Eastgate Mall in Johannesburg yesterday was not a bomb.
Gauteng police chief Mzwandile Petros says that the box was found to contain electrical wires.
He says police detonated the box because it was protocol when dealing with a suspicious device.
Petros believes that the person who left it there had intended to rob the store.
The mall was evacuated yesterday after police said that the box contained a bomb.
The public was led to believe that the bomb squad had disabled the device.
No arrests have been made yet.
29 November 2011
Gauteng police have confirmed that the device left outside of a jewellery store in Eastgate Mall in Johannesburg yesterday was not a bomb.
Gauteng police chief Mzwandile Petros says that the box was found to contain electrical wires.
He says police detonated the box because it was protocol when dealing with a suspicious device.
Petros believes that the person who left it there had intended to rob the store.
The mall was evacuated yesterday after police said that the box contained a bomb.
The public was led to believe that the bomb squad had disabled the device.
No arrests have been made yet.
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