/ 21 September 2001

‘SA TERRORISM’ HOAX EMAIL: TWO ARRESTED

TWO men were arrested in Cape Town on Friday night in connection with a hoax email implicating South Africa in the terrorist attacks on the United States, police said on Saturday. Western Cape police commissioner Joseph Ngobeni said the men will appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday. According to email message called ”CNN News flash 4255/11/09/200/23h15”, which began circulating on Thursday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell had implicated South Africa in the attacks. The email reads ”video footage from the airports revealed that at least three South Africans boarded each fatal plane. The subject is still under investigation but sources believe that it has a strong link to the recent US boikot (sic) of the racism conference held in the South African city of Durban. CNN information sources disclose to CNN that some of the masterminds might be in hideaway in South Africa.” Ngobeni said no further details were immediately available. – Sapa