Supreme Court building hit early this morning by a Molotov cocktail – a bomb alert followed

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The Mauritius Supreme Court building was hit this morning by a Molotov cocktail police said.

While investigation was on, a bomb alert was triggered was told through an anonymous phone call that a bomb had been planted in the building.

An ex-policeman was later arrested in connection with the anonymous phone call.

It appears that he wanted to prevent the hearing of a case in which he is being prosecuted for the murder of his mother.