Police deny viral claim of explosion threat near KLIA, confirm car battery explosion instead

16 Apr 2025 • 12:03 PM MYT
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By: Bernama

Kuala Lumpur: Police have denied a viral claim that there was an explosion threat at a petrol station near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) today.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said his department received information about an explosion incident involving a Proton Saga car at the location in question.

“For your information, the results of the inspection showed that it was a car battery that exploded. A police inspection report has been made regarding Aeropolis/1107/25,” he said in a brief statement here yesterday

Previously, a one-minute and 10-second video went viral on social media claiming that an explosion had occurred and that an arrest had been made by a police team.

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