[Botha]

DISASTER IN BLOEMFONTIEN

Minister of Labour & Industry Herrman Steyn went on national radio a few minutes ago to confirm reports of a massive toxic chemical leakage near Bloemfontien which has resulted in the tragic death of 1,351 citizens.

To fully clean up the mess, a nearby national forest will need to be destroyed in the process and the environment in the region has been severely damaged. Minister Steyn believes that it will take around one month for the spill to be fully cleaned up and the recovery process completed.

[Serg92]

If Transvaal Needs anything they can always ask us.

[TurnipCruncher]

The nation of Hwicca is not technologically advanced enough to assist the clear-up in the Transvaal, but would gladly send forestry commision staff and saplings to assist in repairing your lost national forest. Our explorers have seeds from many of your nations unusual and exotic trees, and the national arboretum will begin attempting to grow seedlings to be transplanted into your soils once de-contaminated.

Furthermore, our sincere apologies for your loss of citizens. Some of the small but historic Dutch community in our country have expressed an interest in emigrating to the Transvaal to form a traditional and agrarian township away from the overcrowded and limited territory of Hwicca.

This post has been edited by TurnipCruncher: 18 July 2008 - 08:12 AM

[Tibet]

The Dalai Lama is saddened by the news about the people and environment affected by this disaster. Tibet offers any assistance that could be useful in the form of humanitarian aid.

[Botha]

Minister of Interior & State Security Gert Boersma has stated that preliminary investigations have revealed that the explosion at the Bloemfontien chemical plant was not accidental.

"We do not have any leads at the moment, but we found the remains of a crude detonation device which indicates to us terrorism was most likely responsible" said Boersma.

In related news, Prime Minister Jakob Hertzog thanked the international community for their various condolences. Minister of Labour & Industry Herrman Steyn said that clean up would commence as soon as the Ministry of Interior & State Security had finished its investigation.

[Botha]

Satellite image showing poisonous gas cloud over Bloemfontien

The Ministry of Interior & State Security has released a satellite photograph showing the toxic cloud floating over northeastern Bloemfontien.

The exact details of the explosion are still a mystery, but unconfirmed reports are saying that the chemical factory which blew up produced rocket fuel for Transvaal's V-2 rockets and other rumours are saying that communist terrorists were also responsible. The local medical clinic has said that many of the casualties showed evidence of mustard gas.

[Emperor Mudd]

If Transvaal needs any assistance, a crew can be sent to help assist in the clean up effort.

[Centurius]

Kanteero has experience with this(OOC: That event is really hard to have) too we will send parts of our clean-up crew but need most of them as we are still busy cleaning.

[Botha]

Centurius, on Jul 18 2008, 12:10 PM, said:

Kanteero has experience with this(OOC: That event is really hard to have)

OOC: yup, not the most pleasant of events to get, and with hindsight I think I may have chosen poorly to boot. Oh well, makes for RP fodder

[LeVentNoir]

Imperial Wellington offers to send a HAZMAT clean up team to assist in the recovery of the area. Our chemical weapons factories are not situated in urban areas, so the 2 leaks we have had have not caused any loss of life.

[Kaiser Martens]

"Kananga is back then..." Martens then moves onto the next page of his Newspaper.



A message is sent, offering assistance.

[General Zeikoh]

The Alkavian Leader extends his condolences to the families who lost loved ones in this tragedy.

[Botha]

COMMUNISTS BLAMED FOR BLOEMFONTIEN TERROR ATTACKS!

PRETORIA, TRANSVAAL - Interior Minister Gert Boersma has confirmed that the charred remains of two known communists were located in the debris of the factory explosion in Bloemfontien.

"They were identified by their dental work" explained Boersma. "That was pretty much all that was left of them. Our investigation has not yet been completed, but we are starting to think that these terrorists were killed accidently by their own crude bomb detonating prematurely. We believe they were trying to take out our V-2 missile production facilities but the bomb went off early during transport and somehow triggered one of our chemical storage facilities to ignite. While they may not have reached their intended target, the effects of the explosion resulted in much more damage as it released toxic chemicals into the air."

The whereabouts of remaining three members of the Communist Party of Transvaal-South Africa are currently unknown, but it is believed that their leader Peter Morcambe is hiding somewhere overseas. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior have issued arrest warrants for Morcambe through Transvaal's embassies.

"We wish to speak with this Peter Morcambe to find out his invovlement in this act of mass murder" stated Interior Minister Boersma.

[Emperor Mudd]

Tahoe's famed hunter-killer units have been activated across the world, to try and find the remaining Transvaal communists. Any information we get will immediately be transfered to Transvaal's government.

[Centurius]

Kanteero suspects he is here. The Imperial Police will arrest the man and send him to your embassy where you can check and confirm it's him.

[Botha]

Transvaler communist chairman Peter Morcambe has surrendered himself peacefully to Kanteero Imperial Police.

Claiming communist involvement in the Bloemfontien disaster as "completely baseless", Morcambe has decided that by surrendering to Kanteero authorities - who are almost assuredly expected to extradite him back to Transvaal - he can expose the true nature of the terrorist attack on the joint missile/chemical factory.

"My conscious is absolutely clear on this matter, and the Federal authorities in Pretoria have no evidence to lay blame on communists. Let them make me a rallying point, I will welcome it."

[Emperor Mudd]

A Tahoe Intelligence special agent had Morcambe in the sights of his high powered sniper rifle soon after he was arrested in Kanteero. He was waiting for confirmation of a kill order Tahoe's government had in place for all communist leaders worldwide.

[Botha]

OOC: I'm going to let Kanteero figure out how this set-up will play out.

IC: Transvaal's Minister of Interior Gert Boersma is flying to Kanteero to formally arrest and transport Peter Morcambe back to Pretoria for trial.

[Botha]

The Federal Government of Transvaal announced this morning that since the Bloemfontien disaster, an additional 605 citizens have died as a result of their injuries caused by the chemical explosion six days ago.

[Centurius]

Morcambe has been moved to the Police Office in Zagreb awaiting the Transvaal officials. As soon as they arrive at the Police Office the prisoner will be escorted to the Airport to be sure he doesn't escape.

This post has been edited by Centurius: 23 July 2008 - 05:00 AM