Hawks confirm #MosqueBomb was indeed explosive

Published May 14, 2018

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DURBAN - The Hawks have confirmed on Monday morning that the suspicious

device found at the Imam Hussein Mosque was indeed an explosive mechanism.

After emerging from a meeting with members of the explosives unit

on Monday in the aftermath of the bomb scare, Hawks spokesperson Captain

Simphiwe Mhlongo said experts would continue analysing the elements of the

explosive mechanism, including the chemicals within.

The explosive device found at the Imam Hussein Mosque. Picture: Reaction Unit South Africa.

The device, an old cellphone attached to a pipe with wires, was

found by worshipers on Sunday evening.

It was removed after a gruelling five hour investigation by a bomb

squad.

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The apparent #MosqueBomb threat came in the wake of the brutal

attack on Thursday by three armed men at the same mosque which claimed the life

of Abbas Essop, 35.

Essop’s

throat was said to have been a slit by the attackers who also harmed two others

including a Moulana (Islamic priest).

At the

#MosqueBomb scene on Sunday night, Mhlongo said it was strange for the bomb to

have been found merely hours after South African Police Minister, Bheki Cele,

visited the area on Sunday morning, in the wake of the attack, and the Mosque

had been “cleared” on Friday.

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