Indonesian police seized a cache of bombs on a bus Friday, days after foreign governments warned that terrorists were preparing to launch fresh attacks in the country, the police chief said. Police arrested 15 passengers, including the driver of the public bus, which was stopped in the West Javanese town of Bandung. Three of the those detained were being questioned "intensively," said West Java detective chief Col. Ahmad Abdi.
"Ooch! Ouch! I dunno! I swear! Somebody left 'em there!"
"Mahmoud! The pliers, please!" |
"There were two big bombs and seven small bombs," police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar told reporters after a Cabinet meeting. He gave no more details. Media reports described the bombs as primitive homemade devices. It appeared they were being transported in the bus and were not primed to go off. Earlier, Abdi said the find consisted of detonators and electrical wires in a box. The seizure, about 75 miles southeast of Jakarta, occurred after an anonymous tip, Abdi said. |