KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 -- An object, believed to be a bomb, was found by members of the public at the rubbish dump of a residential area in Taman Sri Sentosa, near here, this afternoon.
Brickfields district police chief ACP Zairulnizam Mohd Zainuddin @ Hilmi said a team comprising Bukit Aman forensics personnel and Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) members rushed to the scene to examine the object after receiving a distress call at 12.20 pm.
“The BDU managed to move the object resembling a bomb to a safer area to be destroyed. An initial investigation found that the object was a dummy bomb used for training.
“The probe is still ongoing,” he said in a statement here today.
Those with information regarding the case may call 03-2297 9222 to assist the investigation.
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