During the December festive season almost every shopping and business complex is a hive of activity. The last few days before Christmas are exceptionally busy days. Many last minute shoppers hurry along from shop to shop in a last bid to complete their shopping. Unfortunately mum and I were also completing our shopping at Malls and Markets on the last Saturday before Christmas.
Hundreds of people were in the complex. Parking was at a premium. Fortunately we went early and got a parking. Shortly after midday we had just entered a jewelers shop when all of a sudden there was a tremendous explosion. My first thought were that it was an earthquake. My hair was standing on ends.
I turned around and to my panic there were several people lying down with blood around them.Slivers of glass were strewn everywhere. Babies were howling. People were running in all directions. The place was in devastating condition. The police were on the scene within minutes. There cordoned off the area. The paramedics arrived soon after and attended to the injured. We were lucky that we were not injured.
After some two hours the police managed to bring the scene under control. Those severely injured were transported to hospital. The explosion occurred as a result of a bomb being place in one of the stores. The police questioned us and from that we were allowed to go home. This was a remarkable experience to me although we were not involved in injury.
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