According to reports, a cannon gun fired at the Simon’s Town Mountain, instead of at the sea, on Friday. It is alleged that a training exercise went wrong. It apparently launched from a corvette at the navy dockyard.
According to IOL, instead of taking aim at the ocean, the gun blasted at the mountain. The alleged misfired shot is said to have missed a few homes by margins.
Sources cited by the Weekend Argus were reportedly told that the incident was being handled “in-house”, explaining that the navy is allegedly trying to keep the situation “under wraps.”
A resident also allegedly described a loud explosion and lots of activity, while another source told the news agency that the navy was reportedly conducting a training operation to establish overall operational readiness.
Cape {town} Etc is awaiting official confirmation regarding this alleged incident.
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