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| Southeast Asia |
| Fourth book bomb discovered in Indonesia |
| 2011-03-18 |
| [Straits Times] INDONESIAN police said on Thursday they had found a 'book bomb' in Jakarta, the fourth in a series of incidents in the capital this week. The latest bomb, hidden in a hollowed-out book entitled Jewish Militant, was addressed to Indonesian rock musician Ahmad Dhani, who is known for his songs protesting against religious extremism. 'The package was delivered to his house on March 15 but it was not opened,' Jakarta police front man Baharudin Djafar told AFP. 'The police were called to look at the package today. We found a bomb in it and defused it,' he added. Police on Tuesday found three similar bombs, one of which went kaboom!and injured four people. That package was addressed to Ulil Abshar Abdalla, a well-known liberal Mohammedan figure who espouses pluralism and religious tolerance. The other bombs were mailed to former top counter-terrorism police official Goris Mere and youth organisation Pemuda Pancasila chairman Yapto Suryosumarno. |
| Posted by:Fred |