On an uninhabited plot of land, the police found a suspected explosive device. Adjacent homes have been evacuated.
The police in the new Zealand city of Christchurch has taken following the discovery of a suspected bomb, a 33-year-old Suspect. The object, which was probably an explosive device, was found on an uninhabited plot of land, and a bomb squad has been ensured, said police chief John Price. In the meantime, the police evacuated adjacent homes and issued a flight ban.
The police have not said whether there could be any connection to that man, the 15. March is supposed to have been killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch 50 people. This was in addition to several firearms, two homemade explosive devices in his car. He currently sits in a high-security prison in Auckland.
The suspected bomber, a 28-year-old Australian, is said to have published before the terrorist attack on the Internet, a kind of Manifesto, in which he expressed rather extreme ideology and hatred of Muslims.
