S/African police evacuate shoppers from mall over bomb threat
— 29th August 2018
NAN
Police on Wednesday evacuated shoppers from the Mall of Africa, one of South Africa’s largest shopping complexes, on Wednesday as police searched for a bomb after receiving a threat.
The mall, located between Johannesburg and Pretoria, houses about 300 shops, including global brands such as Inditex’s Zara, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Cotton On, Starbucks and Woolworths.
“There was a bomb scare and we received a complaint and police went there to search the building,” Gauteng Police Spokesman, Lt.-Col. Lungelo Dlamini said.
He said the search was still underway.
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Opened in April 2016, the mall mainly attracts the rising number of young consumers in Africa’s most developed economy, which has…
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