Victoria Falls International Airport shut down following a bomb scare. Sources say the airport received a call claiming there was a bomb on site, just minutes before President Emmerson Mnangagwa was due to land. Mnangagwa has safely landed back in Harare
The press statement says:
ZIMBABWE PRESS RELEASE
This morning Zimbabwe Airport Authorities were made aware of an e- mail sent through FASTJET AIRLINE by one JOHN DOE claiming “credible bomb/firearm threat” targeting Zimbabwean airports. As a precaution, the country’s security systems are now on heightened alert following this message whose source and credibility is also being
investigated.
While our country is peaceful, and all our ports of entry are well secured, such alerts on possible terrorist attacks are taken and treated very seriously, as nothing should be left to chance. The Nation is urged to remain calm while investigations are underway, the results of which will be made public by relevant arms of Government once investigations are concluded.
His Excellency the President, Dr ED Mnangagwa, who this morning was slotted to address a meeting in the prime resort City of Victoria Falls, has had to suspend his trip to allow for investigations which
are already underway.
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G Charamba
Department of Presidential Communication.
01/03/24
DEPARTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS
