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        "id": 1163742,
        "msgid": "more-police-placed-in-embassies-and-hotels-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-05-30 00:00:00",
        "title": "More police placed in embassies and hotels",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "More police placed in embassies and hotels Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following the bombing in Tentena, Central Sulawesi, that killed at least 20 people on Saturday, city police increased security on Sunday in strategic places, including at embassies and hotels. Around 20 police officers armed with rifles, bulletproof vests and helmets are guarding the U.S Embassy on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, while police trucks and water cannon block the entrance to the embassy.",
        "content": "<p>More police placed in embassies and hotels<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Following the bombing in Tentena, Central Sulawesi, that killed<br>\nat least 20 people on Saturday, city police increased<br>\nsecurity on Sunday in strategic places, including at embassies<br>\nand hotels.<\/p>\n<p>Around 20 police officers armed with rifles, bulletproof vests<br>\nand helmets are guarding the U.S Embassy on Jl. Medan Merdeka<br>\nSelatan, Central Jakarta, while police trucks and water cannon<br>\nblock the entrance to the embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence information suggesting that a terrorist group<br>\nunder the leadership of Malaysian fugitive Azahari bin Husin is<br>\nin possession of a map of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta prompted<br>\nthe closures of U.S. missions across the country indefinitely on<br>\nThursday.<\/p>\n<p>Tight security was also apparent at other embassies, including<br>\nthe Australian Embassy on Jl. Rasuna Sahid, South Jakarta, and<br>\nwith fewer security personnel, the Japanese Embassy on Jl.<br>\nThamrin, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Security personnel also continue to conduct thorough checks on<br>\nvehicles entering hotels, malls and office buildings located on<br>\nmain streets, including Jl. Thamrin, Jl. Sudirman, Jl. Rasuna<br>\nSahid and Jl. Gatot Subroto.<\/p>\n<p>City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said the police<br>\nanticipated a bomb attack in Jakarta following intelligence<br>\nanalysis suggesting that the Tentena bombing may be connected to<br>\nbombing masterminds Azahari and Noordin Moh Top -- both<br>\nMalaysians -- and the police are thoroughly checking suspicious<br>\nvehicles and strategic buildings across the city.<\/p>\n<p>\"If the bombing was conducted by the two Malaysian fugitives<br>\nor their recruits, then we can't rule out the possibility that<br>\nthey will target Jakarta also,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the police had actively tried to locate Azahari<br>\nand Noordin before another bomb attack occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Azahari and Noordin are believed to have masterminded the 2002<br>\nBali bombings that killed 202 people, the JW Marriott Hotel<br>\nattack, which claimed 12 lives in 2003, and the 2004 bombing<br>\noutside the Australian Embassy that killed 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>Police said on Saturday that the style and impact of the bomb<br>\nattack in Tentena indicated the involvement of the two most<br>\nwanted Malaysians or at least their recruits.<\/p>\n<p>National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said immediately<br>\nafter the Tentena bombing that the blast could be a decoy and the<br>\nmain target be another place.<\/p>",
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