Thursday November 16, 2006

Woman hurt in blast at Ipoh food court

IPOH: An Ipoh City Council cleaner suffered slight injuries to her lower right leg after a homemade bomb exploded at the Medan Kidd food court.

M. Krishnambal, 54, who was given outpatient treatment, said she was removing a plastic bag from the floor at the food court around 9.45am yesterday.

“I thought it contained rubbish and had a shock when the package suddenly exploded,” she said, adding that the incident happened around 9.45am yesterday.

ALL THAT’S LEFT: Police checking the remains of the package that exploded at the food court in Ipoh on Wednesday.

Hawker Halijah Bakar, 51, said she spotted a man in his 50s putting down the plastic bag.

“He came to my stall at about 7.30am and wanted to order nasi berlauk (mixed rice).

“When I told him I only had nasi lemak, he ordered Teh-O instead,” she said.

Halijah said the man looked nervous.

Krishnambal: ‘I thought it contained rubbish’

“He left about two hours later and moments after that, I heard an explosion,” she said.

As a precautionary measure, police have cordoned off the area surrounding the food court to allow their dog and bomb disposal units to comb the area.

Ipoh deputy OCPD (II) Supt Lai Yong Heng, who was at the scene to oversee the operations, said police received a report on the matter at 10am.

“We are still investigating the motive,” he said, adding that the matter was being investigated under Explosives Act 1957.

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