According to reports, the man threatened to bomb Menlyn Maine shopping centre unless a R10 million ransom was paid to him. Brooklyn police spokesperson Captain Colette Weilbach explained that the incident occurred on Tuesday morning at around 11:15.
"An unknown man in his fifties entered a bank at the centre. He handed a note over to the bank teller who assisted him. "The note contained a threat to say that there is a bomb planted inside the bank. The security immediately reacted and evacuated the whole shopping centre. The SAPS responded and arrested the man inside the bank."
SAPS' bomb disposal and K9 units were then called out and are still on the scene to inspect the device that was found. Police also confiscated a firearm from the man.Police confirmed that the man would be charged with contravention of the Explosive Act No 26 of 1956 for making a false threat.
😂😂😂😂sign of madness
Was it a white person ?
He wanted to go to jail this one...
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