Eastgate Bomb

DJ... said:
"Retrobok, where is the bomb?"
"I don't know, Zulgin. But Edgars have 50% off leather shoes today!"

Meanwhile at Eastgate: KABOOM!
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Fixed :D

I think it's more likely to be some white supremacists which seem to be popping up more and more in the last couple of years (and getting much more support from the afrikaner community)

Of course, it could be Marine1 trying to protest the Census or the Russell Tribunal. JJ :D
 
Garyvdh said:
Still not definitive evidence that it was real.
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It may have been placed by a "local proxy of foreign spies" with "imperialist tenancies".

Or perhaps a certain soon-to-be ex-politician misunderstood he needed a killer launch for his fashion label that would be a hit with the local shopping centres ?
 
What I'm saying is that the kind of bomber who phones in and tells you that there is a bomb, is usually the hoax kind.
The real bombers, yeah... they don't phone first.
 
ghoti said:
Surely they must have a ton of cctv footage on this perp? Its in a mall.
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You'll be surprised how 'certain' cameras just do not work.

A while back in Northgate the missus was relieved of her purse. When the security room did a search through footage of that area, they discovered that it wasn't working... seemingly hadn't been working for some time.

That said, I do hope they're able to pin a suspect down and get some sense of the whole thing.

kilobits said:
It may have been placed by a "local proxy of foreign spies" with "imperialist tenancies".

Or perhaps a certain soon-to-be ex-politician misunderstood he needed a killer launch for his fashion label that would be a hit with the local shopping centres ?
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You be with JuJu :D
 
Oh please! Just listening to the news about how it was "positioned to cause maximum damage" and all that bull....
C'mon..they haven't even released if this was 3 firecrackers and a matchbox...or an actual C4/det device. Can't be ammoniuim nitrate based...a briefcase wouldn't carry enough to do anything. Only thing that would have done serious damage would be proper C4 or mining explosives or commercial explosives. And if any of those, we would hear about it fairly fast. So I'm guessing some amateur warning with a non viable device...or a hoax.
And I bet the busiest and easiest place to stash it was under the escalators near the food places....that doesn't mean it had anything to do with gas. That is just pathetic rumour mongering. You know what it would take to cause an explosion big enough to even get close to the kitchens of the restaurants? Sheesh...the news is just trying to be dramatic as usual.

Yeah...they will get the guy. If it wasn't a test of someone's security that forgot to warn everybody. I still haven't seen them mention the contents...so I reserve judgement. The contents will be easy to analyze. They don't blow up the packages with explosives. They blast them with a shotgun or small controlled blast just big enough to disturb the detonator and/or wiring. Sometimes shotgun, sometimes water blast.

Ok...back to the "sky is falling! the sky is falling!"

G26
 
Glock26 said:
Oh please! Just listening to the news about how it was "positioned to cause maximum damage" and all that bull....
C'mon..they haven't even released if this was 3 firecrackers and a matchbox...or an actual C4/det device. Can't be ammoniuim nitrate based...a briefcase wouldn't carry enough to do anything. Only thing that would have done serious damage would be proper C4 or mining explosives or commercial explosives. And if any of those, we would hear about it fairly fast. So I'm guessing some amateur warning with a non viable device...or a hoax.
And I bet the busiest and easiest place to stash it was under the escalators near the food places....that doesn't mean it had anything to do with gas. That is just pathetic rumour mongering. You know what it would take to cause an explosion big enough to even get close to the kitchens of the restaurants? Sheesh...the news is just trying to be dramatic as usual.

Yeah...they will get the guy. If it wasn't a test of someone's security that forgot to warn everybody. I still haven't seen them mention the contents...so I reserve judgement. The contents will be easy to analyze. They don't blow up the packages with explosives. They blast them with a shotgun or small controlled blast just big enough to disturb the detonator and/or wiring. Sometimes shotgun, sometimes water blast.

Ok...back to the "sky is falling! the sky is falling!"

G26
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As someone who shops at Eastgate I find this whole bomb thing rather disturbing. It doesn't matter to me if it was real or a hoax, it is the fact that someone for whatever reasons took the time, made a plan and planted a case, a bag, or whatever in a busy public area to cause havoc that distrubs me.
 
binkybozo said:
As someone who shops at Eastgate I find this whole bomb thing rather disturbing. It doesn't matter to me if it was real or a hoax, it is the fact that someone for whatever reasons took the time, made a plan and planted a case, a bag, or whatever in a busy public area to cause havoc that distrubs me.
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probably a fake bomb planted by kalahari to promote safe online shopping :erm:
 
ewnreporter EWN Reporter
#bomb #Eastgate GP Police Chief Mzwandile Petros now says there were NO explosives in device despite police officials earlier saying so AvW
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ah well
excitement over
 
kilobits said:
Indeed
or
That is just the official story so as to not spook the sheeple at the shops before Xmas ;) :whistle:
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It was a hoax from the start. A hoax that got out of hand. Since when does a person bent on building a bomb and determined to kill a bunch of people tell them where he placed the "bomb"?
 
I laugh at those comments on news24 blaming it on militant ANC members and Muslims.
 
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