Authorities apprehended a 35- year-old guy identified just as MH after he threatened to blow up a McDonald ' s restaurant on Jl. AP Pettarani in Panakkukang district, Makassar, South Sulawesi.
South Sulawesi Authorities representative Sr. Comr. Ibrahim Tompo said the suspect went into the shop on Monday evening.
He then told a member of staff at the dining establishment that he would bomb the place.
” He yelled in the store, stating that Italy was behind the COVID-19 pandemic and McDonald ' s was an Italian brand, so he meant to bomb it,” Ibrahim stated on Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com
After triggering panic amongst consumers and personnel, he left the dining establishment and rode away on a bike.
The police managed to detain MH after reviewing CCTV video footage of the dining establishment. Detectives determined him right away, as the suspect did not wear anything to cover his face during the occurrence.
MH, who is a resident of Masamba district in Luwu regency, was arrested at a mosque on Jl. Urip Sumoharjo in the provincial capital of Makassar.
Ibrahim included that MH informed authorities during an interrogation that he threatened to blow up the dining establishment because he “hates foreign brands.” (nal)