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S.Africa police uncover ammunition under church pulpit

By AFP
South Africa More than 5,000 rounds of ammunitions were found concealed beneath the church's pulpit in Schweizer-Reneke.  By Alexander Joe AFPFile
SEP 1, 2012 LISTEN
"More than 5,000 rounds of ammunitions" were found concealed beneath the church's pulpit in Schweizer-Reneke. By Alexander Joe (AFP/File)

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Police in South Africa have uncovered more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition hidden under the pulpit of a Dutch Reformed Church in a town northwest of the country, they said Saturday.

Regional police spokesman Thulani Ngugane said three crates of "more than 5,000 rounds of ammunitions" of various sizes were found concealed under a wooden floor beneath the church's pulpit in the town of Schweizer-Reneke on Thursday.

"There were crates hidden directly underneath the pulpit," Thulani Ngugane told AFP.

Investigations are under way and no arrests have been made yet.

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