Drunken bomb threats lead to prison term

“TERRORIST” Ferdinand Fortuin has been sentenced to five years behind bars by the Bellville Regional Court for calling in hoax bomb threats.

- JOLENE MARRIAH-MAHARAJ

According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the 50-year-old made the threats on November 11, 2024, after a night of heavy drinking because he didn’t want to go to work.

From Mamre, Fortuin claimed that he had planted bombs at the Department of Water and Sanitation, Transnet Offices, and the Bellville taxi rank, of which one building was where he worked.

NPA spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila, said: “He gave police hours to evacuate the premises. He left his home in Mamre with the hope that the roads leading to Bellville would be closed because of his bomb threats. They were not, and he worked the whole day.”