Five questioned over railroad track bombing<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang police detectives are intensively
\nquestioning five people in connection with a bomb attack on a
\nrailway track in Serpong district early on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Deputy chief of Tangerang police precinct Comr. Ricky Wakanno
\nidentified the five witnesses as railway gate guard Endang, a
\nCisauk village resident Iwan, Cisauk railway station staffer
\nIrawan, security guard D.E. Aswa, who happened to be in the area
\nwhen the bomb blasted, and Waslimi, a resident who reported the
\nincident to the police.<\/p>\n
\"These five are only witnesses, and this is preliminary
\nquestioning. We are still very much in the dark about the motive
\nfor the bombing. We are still investigating the other bombs found
\nin the area,\" Ricky told reporters on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He was referring to two other bombs police found near the
\narea, about one kilometer from the Bumi Serpong Damai housing
\ncomplex, or some 30 km west of Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"We suspect that the bomb that exploded was placed between 11
\np.m. and midnight on Friday. However the bomb detonator has not
\nbeen found yet.\"<\/p>\n
The bomb blasted in the middle of a railway bridge over the
\nCisadane river in Serpong district, just a few seconds after a
\nfreight train passed.<\/p>\n
A section of the railway track was destroyed but no fatalities
\nwere reported.<\/p>\n
The National Police's Gegana bomb squad arrived at the scene
\nat about 7 a.m. on Sunday and defused the bombs. The type of the
\nbombs remains unclear.<\/p>\n
\"The bomb exploded at 2:25 a.m., just after the freight train
\nfrom Merak (Banten) en route to Surabaya (East Java) passed the
\narea,\" Tangerang police chief Ast. Snr. Comr. Affan Rikwanto
\nearlier was quoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the state-owned railway company PT Kereta Api
\nIndonesia (KAI) Zainal Abidin said the damaged section of the
\ntracks had been repaired, with trains resuming operation at 10:55
\na.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n
KAI technicians cut off the damaged 10-meter section of the
\ntrack and changed it.<\/p>\n
The repair work forced KAI to temporarily close the Jakarta-
\nMerak route. At least 40 trains linking Jakarta to several cities
\nin West Java such as Banten, Cilegon, Tangerang, Rangkasbitung
\nand Merak, could not operate as a result.<\/p>\n
KAI, he added, had yet to estimate the financial losses caused
\nby the explosion. (ylt)<\/p>",
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