Bomb scare rattles Japanese diplomat's home<\/p>\n
MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Bomb hoaxes in separate places,
\nincluding the residence of the Japanese Consul General residence,
\nalarmed the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar on Thursday.<\/p>\n
A security guard at the residence of Isao Matsuda, the consul
\ngeneral, said that Matsuda's niece received a phone call from an
\nunidentified man at about 5:20 p.m. local time. The man said
\neverybody should leave the house, \"I will plant a bomb in the
\nvicinity.\"<\/p>\n
Matsuda's residence is on Jl. Jendral Sudirman, across from
\nthe residence of South Sulawesi Governor Palaguna.<\/p>\n
Matsuda lives in the house with his aide, niece, and two cooks
\nfrom Thailand. They are now housed at Matsuda's office, some 200
\nmeters away from his residence.<\/p>\n
The bomb squad from the Makassar City Police headquarters
\narrived at Matsuda's residence soon after the threat.<\/p>\n
Deputy chief of the Makassar City Police Sup. Adrizal Adnan
\ntold The Jakarta Post that police found nothing at the consul
\ngeneral's residence.<\/p>\n
He assumed the unidentified caller was the same person who
\ntelephoned other offices with similar threats hours earlier.<\/p>\n
Earlier at about 9:45 a.m. a bomb threat was received by
\nemployees of a cooperative office at the Koperasi Masyarakat Bumi
\nPutera building, also on Jl. Jendral Sudirman.<\/p>\n
Two hours after the first bomb threat another threat was
\nreceived by three private banks, BCA, Bukopin Bank and Danamon
\nBank on Jl. Ahmad Yani.<\/p>\n
Adrizal assumed that the bomb hoaxes related to the huge bomb
\nblast which killed two and injured 21 people, including the
\nPhilippine envoy for Indonesia, Leonids T. Caday, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Tenri, a staffer at the Koperasi Masyarakat Bumi Putera who
\nreceived the bomb threat said he shouted in fear as soon as he
\nanswered the phone.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of employees working in the office building rushed to
\nleave the building upon hearing Tenri's warning about the bomb.
\nPolice found no bomb in the building compound.<\/p>\n
At about 01:30 p.m. the bomb squad rushed to three private
\nbanks after similar bomb threats were conveyed by unidentified
\ncallers.<\/p>\n
Police found nothing at the three banks, and to their surprise
\nemployees at the three banks were not moved by the bomb threats.<\/p>\n
They worked at their tables as usual. \"We take the bomb threat
\nas a usual thing. The police got nothing here, did they?\"<\/p>\n
Many Makassar residents said, however, that the bomb hoaxes
\nhad disturbed them. They said they would stay alert, and hoped
\nthat the police could arrest the terrorists soon. (27\/sur)<\/p>",
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