Another home-made incendiary device is found at a Woolworths outlet in Durban
The same store and another in Durban were firebombed on Thursday
An “incendiary device” found hidden in the Woolworths store in the Gateway mall - the second in as many days - forced a complete evacuation of the shop on Saturday. The discovery of what appears to be an explosive device - a cell phone attached to a short length of white PVC pipe - was found hidden in store furniture. This follows the implementation of “additional precautionary measures” after the same store and another in Durban were firebombed on Thursday. Police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said that the Explosives Unit had been deployed to the scene and had safely removed the device. A case of contravening the explosives act was registered, Zwane said. TimesLIVE previously reported that one “incendiary device” was planted in Woolworths in Gateway‚ which caused a fire and prompted an evacuation of the shop. Another device had been planted in Woolworths in Pavilion‚ which had been detonated overnight. The device at the Gateway store‚ understood to have been fashioned...
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