11 injured in bomb blast

Cape Town - Eleven people were injured yesterday when a bomb exploded outside Cape Town's main police station during the busy…

Cape Town - Eleven people were injured yesterday when a bomb exploded outside Cape Town's main police station during the busy lunchtime break, the latest in a series of attacks in South Africa's leading tourist city.

"The device was planted in a plastic bin. It exploded causing injury to 11 people, all passers-by," police commander Mr Leonard Knipe said at the scene.

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