Bomb scare in northern island
“It was made of plastic bottles and foil was wrapped around it. One of our employees noticed fire inside the engine room and went in to inspect,” an employee at the Haa Alif Ihavandhoo powerhouse said.
06 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
A “fake” bomb found at the powerhouse in northern Haa Alif Ihavandhoo caused a scare last night. Powerhouse employees found the device near the engine room with smoke coming out of it.
“It was made of plastic bottles and foil was wrapped around it. One of our employees noticed fire inside the engine room and went in to inspect,” an employee who wished to remain anonymous told The Maldives Independent.
The employee suggested that the bomb hoax might have been provoked by a temporary power cut on the island.
“We cut power from 1:00pm to 3:00pm to do maintenance work. Maybe the people who did this got angry because of this,” he said.
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