Bomb blast at Puduraya!!! WTF!!!

By MOHD YAAKOB YUSOF

KUALA LUMPUR: There was a loud bang and then sounds of a little girl screaming with her hair on fi re.
That was the scene that greeted a witness to a bomb explosion that injured a Johor-bound 11-year-old girl and her aunt at Puduraya bus station on Friday.

In the 9.10pm incident, Atykah Nadiah Zamzar, her uncle and aunt were waiting at Platform 7 for a trip to Kota Tinggi. It is learnt that they were sitting there when the girl touched the bomb under the seat before it exploded.

The home-made explosive device comprised a tin of gum and a small motorcycle battery kept in a large snack food plastic package tied to a halffull bottle of mineral water.

Atykah suffered burns on her right hand and head, while her aunt, in her 30s, had light injuries on the forehead. They were rushed by ambulance to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

A witness, Zainon Othman, said she was serving customers at her food kiosk in the terminal when the blast occurred.

“I heard a loud explosion.

I thought a bus tyre had exploded. When I saw a fi re and smoke, I knew it wasn’t.

Then everyone started running away from the blast area while a man was carrying a screaming girl with her head on fi re to the terminal police booth.” A badly shaken Zainon said a police team arrived 10 minutes later.

“I can still hear the girl’s scream,” she said.

Acting city police chief SAC I Zulhasnan Najib Baharuddin, who was at the scene, said the bomb was believed to be home-made.

“We will take a copy of the CCTV camera footage at the bus station to help in investigations while the remains of the device were taken by the forensics unit.” He said the incident is being investigated under Section 7 of the Explosive Act 1957 for attempt to cause an explosion with intent to endanger life or property