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Man arrested after suspected homemade explosive device found at Vereeniging, South Africa mosque
2018-08-01
[News24] Police have confirmed on Wednesday morning that a man was arrested after a suspected homemade explosive device was found at a mosque in Roshnee, Vereening.

Police spokesperson Captain Fikile Funda said that a 36-year-old man, who was not known in the community, attended a prayer service at the Masjid Taqwa mosque in Gauteng on Monday.

Funda said security guards "spotted that the man left his bag behind".

The bag was taken to the safe room of the mosque.

He said security officials opened the bag on Tuesday and discovered the suspected handmade explosive device.

"When the prayer services were about to start yesterday [Tuesday] the very same man pitched-up again. The security guards apprehended him based on what they found in the bag. He couldn't give an explanation on what he was doing there."

The man was arrested and is expected to appear in the Vereeniging Magistrate Court on Wednesday.

He is charged with the illegal possession of explosives.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  OK, let's make this easy. Everyone who *doesn't* have a bomb, incendiary device or homemade explosive raise your your hand.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-08-01 14:33  

#4  So not an "elderly white farmer, then..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-08-01 12:37  

#3  Naw, he was making fireworks for the fourth of July.
Posted by: gorb   2018-08-01 10:04  

#2  Apparently the final exam.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-08-01 09:49  

#1  He couldn't give an explanation on what he was doing there."

Attending a bomb making class possibly ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-08-01 09:23  

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