DURAN’S Bomb Disposal Unit detonated, in a controlled environment, a bomb-like device that was found at Spar in Austerville in Wentworth earlier this evening.
According to reports a 10-year-old boy arrived at the supermarket and gave the manager a brown envelope which contained a 9mm bullet and a handwritten letter.
The letter instructed that he put money inside a bag and leave the bag outside the supermarket otherwise a bomb would explode.
It further warned that he should not contact the police.
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The boy who delivered that letter said that it was given to him by an unknown male and he was told to give it to the manager of the supermarket.
The manager, accompanied by the boy, then took the envelope personally to the police station.
The police attended and cordoned off the scene.
The Bomb Disposal Unit arrived and with the use of a dog, conducted an explosives search inside the supermarket where a black plastic packet was found at the entrance near the tills.
The parcel was destroyed on scene by members of the Bomb Disposal Unit.
No injuries or damage to property was reported.
The suspect who sent the boy is still at large and the case is still under police investigation.
In the video, in which police vehicles can be seen, someone is heard counting down the explosion.
After the bomb is detonated concerned residents scream in despair.
This is the sixth bomb-like device that is believed to have been found in Durban in less than a week.
While details of the device found this evening are unavailable, all previous devices found incorporated a cellphone which is used to remotely detonate the bomb.
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