[JUST IN] Sandton may be the target of a terroristattack on Saturday, according to an alert posted on the website of the US Embassy. Moneyweb Business
One of South Africa’s richest suburbs may be the target of a terrorist attack, according to an alert posted on the US Embassy’s website. “The US government has received information that terrorists may be planning to conduct an attack targeting large gatherings of people at an unspecified location in the greater Sandton area” in Johannesburg this weekend, the embassy said in the statement. “There is no further information regarding the timing, method, or target of the potential attack.
Islamic State has previously threatened to carry out attacks on South Africa for its involvement in a counter-insurgency operation in northeastern Mozambique, where the Islamist militants have been carrying out attacks since 2017. The nation is among members of the Southern African Development Community, a 16-member economic bloc, that deployed forces last year to help the Mozambican government quell the violence. The alert didn’t give information on groups that may be targeting the area.