The windows of a Verulam courtroom were blacked out and all media were barred from entering when 19 suspects appeared before the court on Monday for their links to a series of explosive devices placed at several upmarket shopping centres across Durban as well as a brutal murder at a local mosque.
The suspects are also accused of kidnapping after the police found a man chained and malnourished inside a dungeon in one of the houses raided by them.
SAPS said the man is currently under police protection in the hospital and would not give any further details as to who he was or how he was kidnapped.
Hawks Spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said some of the suspects needed an interpreter and therefore the case had to be postponed to Tuesday, the State will, however, ask for another postponement in order to finalise the investigation.
Magistrate Irfan Khali Made a ruling that media and the public should not divulge the identity or names of the accused.
