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Gardener discovers mortar bomb at Kloof home
The device was moved and a controlled detonation was performed in the gorge.
AN unexploded mortar bomb was found in a Kloof home this morning, (Saturday, 10 October).
According to Blue Security community and media liaison officer, Andreas Mathios, a gardener was working when he came across it.
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“The gardener then notified his employer who contacted the relevant unit. SAPS bomb squad was dispatched to the scene.
The device was taken to the gorge where a controlled detonation was performed and the bomb was destroyed.
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