Explosive device discovered at petrol station

The petrol station where the explosive device was found.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: An explosive device believed to be a hand grenade was discovered in a petrol station here on Monday.

The Central Seberang Prai district D9 police division received a phone call from the public at about 3.10pm informing of a bomb at the petrol station in Jalan Kulim.

Bomb detonation and forensic squad, together with officers from the Fire and Rescue department were dispatched to the scene.

When the team arrived, they found an object wrapped in black plastic on top the water tank in the men's toilet.

Workers were immediate evacuated and the area cordoned from the public.

Two small explosions were heard, one at 5.25pm and 6.37pm, and police are still on the scene conducting investigations.