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| Bad Guys boom Indonesian police headquarters |
| 2003-02-03 |
| Jakarta Post An explosion rocked a building inside the Indonesian National Police headquarters complex in Jakarta early on Monday, El Shinta radio reported. The blast damaged several windows, the door and the ceiling. Two cars were damaged by the blast, but there was no casualties reported. The Bhayangkari building is a function hall which usually deployed to host meetings or wedding celebrations. "Mahmoud, they're catchin' almost all the Jemaah killers!" "You're right, Yusuf. We must vow..." "YES! YES!" "... DIRE REVENGE!" National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Edward Aritonang confirmed that the blast was caused by a bomb, which was planted before the entrance door of the building. "The low-explosive bomb was put in a black suitcase. But we have yet found out the detail of the bomb," he told reporters in a press conference held one and half hour after the blast. Edward denied that police failed to maintain its security as "the building is out of our security control because it is used for public events". It's a public building. Anybody could sabotage it. That's the case with all public buildings... He said that some officers have reported the suit to the bomb squad, but the bomb blew before they arrived. The case will be handled directly by the National Police, instead of the Jakarta Police. And the National Police are not happy... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 Luggage, Fred. They got a set of luggage. One piece at a time. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-02-03 13:15:24 |
| #3 I was thinking that, too. Somebody didn't give the happy couple a toaster... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-02-03 12:25:46 |
| #2 OK. They hold weddings at their National Police Headquarters? Would be interesting to know what meetings or weddings were scheduled. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-02-03 11:36:14 |
| #1 I was thinking that, too. Somebody didn't give the happy couple a toaster... |
| Posted by: Fred 2/3/2003 12:25:46 PM |