Durban man arrested for Zimbabwe bomb threat that turned Mnangagwa plane around
A flight carrying Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa to Victoria Falls turned around in mid-air after a bomb threat last week. The State will seek to prove he is linked to the bomb threat email sent to Fast Jet on Friday, affecting President Emmerson Mnangagwa, among others. A man from Durban has been detained in Zimbabwe for alleged links to last week's bomb threat at Victoria Falls International Airport.
"In the interests of ongoing operations, we leave it at that for now. We thank Zimbabweans for remaining calm while operations are under way." The drop-off point to the international terminal was sealed off and a secondary screening process was introduced at the boarding gate.With an increased police and army presence, they also physically checked all luggage that went through the scanner.
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