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| Southeast Asia |
| Jakarta rocked by mystery explosions |
| 2002-06-10 |
| The Indonesian capital Jakarta was rocked by two explosions that injured five people early yesterday morning, even as police defused bombs at two night spots, in what appeared to be an attempt to shake up the city with a series of blasts. The two explosions came just hours after the departure of President Megawati Sukarnoputri on a two-week trip to Europe. Hey! Same pattern we see in Palestine and Kashmir... The Indonesian police yesterday warned of another attempt to destabilise the capital with bomb attacks in public places. Jakarta police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam said: 'There is a group of people who want to disturb security in Jakarta by placing explosives at strategic places where there are a lot of people.' Hmmm... And also when the president's away and the vice president can take charge... The first explosion at 1 am yesterday occurred at a food stall in front of the Eksotik Discotheque in Mangga Besar, Central Jakarta. Five people were injured in the blast. The second blast in the parking lot of the Jayakarta Hotel badly damaged three cars. Around the same time, parking attendants spotted an explosive device near a cigarette shop in front of the 1001 Discotheque on Hayam Wuruk street. Another bomb was found under a car in front of the busy Sarinah Jaya complex, where the Hard Rock Cafe and the city's busiest, round-the-clock McDonald's outlet are located. Police said the two explosive devices that were defused were 'crude homemade bombs', similar but smaller to the one which exploded. Crude, maybe, but a lot of them... As in the case of the previous bomb attacks in the country, no one has claimed responsibility. It's not time yet... The police have not made any arrests. Nor will they... The spots attacked yesterday have been the target of Muslim militants who have vandalised night establishments with sticks and rocks because they considered these places to be sinful. Pleasure=Sin. Sin = Punishable by death. Having a turban gives you the right to make such equations. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |