/ 1 January 2002

Mystery blast at Midrand airport

An explosion went off on Saturday night at a building situated outside the Grand Central Airport in Midrand, North Rand police said. No casualties were reported.

Captain Eugene Opperman said some of the building’s windows had been shattered by the blast and that the building’s roof also appeared to have been damaged.

”As far as we know, nobody was hurt,” Opperman said, adding that police were still trying to determine the cause of the blast. No further details were available.

– Sapa