Airport ‘channa bomb’ triggers security concerns

The channa bomb that was found at the airport on Thursday night.

A freshly-made ‘channa bomb’ was on Thursday night found in a male washroom near the immigration section at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA), triggering security concerns.

Stabroek News was told that up to late yesterday afternoon several cleaners and other employees were being grilled about the find, even as the airport maintained that the presence of the device did not pose a safety or security risk.

In a brief press release yesterday