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Back to business at Bloem mall after bomb threat

Bloemfontein - Shoppers and employees have been let back into a Bloemfontein mall following a bomb threat on Thursday.

The Southern Shopping Centre was evacuated after numerous phone calls to management saying that a bomb would go off.

The police’s bomb squad and K-9 dog unit as well as the fire brigade checked the centre and declared it safe.

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