AN UNKNOWN man has been taken in for questioning following a false bomb threat at eShowe Mall which took place this morning.
Police and traffic officials evacuated and cordoned off the area after an anonymous person claimed that a bomb had been planted in the mall.
According to King Cetshwayo Cluster Police spokesperson, Captain Mbongeni Mdlalose, the owner of Pick n Pay received a call from an anonymous person who said that a bomb was placed in the store.
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‘The mall has been evacuated and police are one scene.
‘Members of the Empangeni K9 Unit as well as the Richards Bay Explosive Unit conducted a sweep of the mall and nothing was found,’ said Mdlalose.
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