Thirty minutes is all it takes to fit a device like that used in the attempted hit on Radovan Krejcir, says a special effects expert.
|||Cape Town - Thirty minutes is all it takes to fit a device like that used in the attempted hit on Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir, says a special effects expert.
What takes more time is creating space for the device and then precisely positioning it, says Cape Town pyrotechnician Doctor David Mahlangu.
A dozen gun barrels attached to the rear number plate of a VW Polo car were activated by remote control and fired a number of projectiles at Krejcir, who was not injured in the attack in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Mahlangu, who has worked in the special effects industry for more than 30 years, said unless there was space behind the number plate, it would not be easy to fit the gun barrels in that position.
He said that in the case of a VW Polo, tools would have been needed to create a space for the barrels.
“If you’ve got a space to work things out, you can attach it in half an hour,” he said.
Binding wire or tape could be used to attach the gun barrels behind the number plate.
Mahlangu said connecting the device to a remote control system and activating it with this or a cellphone were easy to do.
He said a number of people in the special effects industry knew how to fit gun barrels behind a number plate.
Cape Times