Cape Town Bomb Blast Injures 11
A bomb exploded at lunchtime outside police headquarters in downtown Cape Town, injuring 11 people. Eight of the injured were hospitalized. The blast, which struck near the offices of President Nelson Mandela, was the latest in a series of violent acts threatening South Africa’s stability just months before national elections. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bomb, which was hidden in a garbage can. The explosion came less than a week after 12 people died in political violence in another region, KwaZulu-Natal.
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