Explosions scare Yogya Plaza's visitors<\/p>\n
Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor<\/p>\n
Two packages exploded in turn on Thursday at around 12:20 p.m.
\ninside a concrete community dump located in front of Top Metro
\nshop in Yogya Plaza on Jl. Soleh Iskandar, Tanah Sareal, Bogor
\nmunicipality.<\/p>\n
The blasts caused panic among visitors, who thought it was a
\nbomb blast.<\/p>\n
No fatalities or injuries were reported in the incident. The
\nexplosion only cracked the concrete walls of the dump.<\/p>\n
Similar packages were also found in a dump in front of Hero
\nSupermarket on Jl. Pajajartan, Bogor, by a scavenger. She
\nimmediately reported her finding to a supermarket security guard.<\/p>\n
East Bogor Police officers contacted the bomb squad which
\nlater exploded the package at 6:15 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.<\/p>\n
Bogor Police deputy chief Comr. Agus Nugraha confirmed that
\nthe explosions on Jl. Soleh Iskandar were caused by firecrackers
\nwrapped in black plastic bags. The first explosion occurred at
\n12:20 p.m. while the second took place a few minutes later.<\/p>\n
\"We are tracking down a suspect based on information from
\nseveral eyewitnesses at the scene,\" Agus told reporters.<\/p>\n
Eyewitness Indri, whose office is near the site of the
\nexplosions, said that she saw an unidentified man clad in a dark
\nT-shirt carrying plastic bags and throwing them into the dump not
\nlong before the explosion.<\/p>\n
Another eyewitness, Samin, a security guard, said he
\ndiscovered pieces of paper and two batteries at the dump right
\nafter the explosion.<\/p>\n
Officers from the National Police forensics laboratory, who
\ncordoned off the area, also discovered wires and a timer at the
\nscene.<\/p>\n
The blasts scared away visitors at the shopping center.<\/p>\n
\"I'm going home, I am not going to stay around to shop. I
\nthought it was a bomb blast,\" said Minah, a visiting resident of
\nCimanggu, Bogor.<\/p>\n
The police said that it was the first explosion in Bogor city,
\nalthough police had experienced hoaxes in the past two years.<\/p>",
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