Hawks confirm bomb was planted at mosque where one person was killed last week
The Hawks have confirmed that a device found at the Imam Hussain mosque on Sunday night was a bomb.Speaking to eNCA‚ Hawks spokesperson Simphiwe Mhlongo said that explosives unit members had examined the device that had been found inside the building in the pulpit."They [explosives unit members] confirmed that the mechanism was explosive. It was a bomb‚" he said.Repeated efforts to contact Mhlongo failed at the time of publishing.In an operation that lasted several hours‚ explosives experts carefully examined the pipe bomb — a length of PVC tubing and a cellphone affixed by wires — before making it inert and transporting it away from the site.The mosque‚ as well as the surrounding neighbourhood‚ had been evacuated after the device was found in the pulpit of the building‚ underneath a chair used by the moulana during prayer meetings.It had been moved outside of the building and x-rayed by technicians using specialised equipment.It is understood that the device had been found by an el...
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