Police HQ bomb same as Kota disco device<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Some of the explosive substances used in Monday's bomb attack
\non Wisma Bhayangkari at the National Police Headquarters, South
\nJakarta, bore similarities to those found at the Eksotis
\ndiscotheque in Jakarta last year and in the Christmas 2000
\nbombing in Medan.<\/p>\n
"From the blast site, we collected evidence, including sulfur,
\nnitrate, black powder, a timer, small fragments of steel bars and
\nwires. Based on our analysis, the explosion was similar to the
\nbombing at Eksotis discotheque last year and the Christmas
\nbombing in Medan in 2000," said city police spokesman Sr. Comr.
\nPrasetyo.<\/p>\n
However, he declined to say whether the similarity between the
\nsubstances necessarily implied that Monday's bombing was
\nperpetrated by the same people.<\/p>\n
The police bomb squad defused 10 bombs in abortive bombings on
\nchurches across Medan, North Sumatra, on Christmas Eve 2000. Each
\npackage contained 3.5 kilograms of sulfur as the main explosive
\nsubstance.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, two bombs exploded in Jakarta last June. One,
\noutside Eksotis discotheque, seriously wounded two victims, Hadi
\nSuhadi, a buyer shopper? and Ihin Solichin, the owner of a food
\nstall nearby. Another blew up in the car park of Jayakarta hotel
\non Jl. Hayam Wuruk, West Jakarta, destroying three vehicles but
\nno injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
On the same day, two other bombs were also found separately in
\nthe parking lot of Sarinah shopping center in Central Jakarta,
\nand in front of Hayam Wuruk Plaza, West Jakarta, where 1001
\ndiscotheque is located. Neither bomb exploded.<\/p>\n
The police are still in the dark about the perpetrators in
\neach of these cases.<\/p>\n
Prasetyo said the police were still interrogating six it was
\nfive yesterday witnesses at the city police headquarters, but he
\nconfirmed that none was a key witness who might lead them to the
\nmain suspects.<\/p>\n
Similarly, National Police chief of detectives for general
\ncrimes Insp. Gen. Erwin Mapasseng said police were still
\ninvestigating materials found at the blast site, including
\nfingerprints on the package containing the bomb.<\/p>\n
Although the police have not yet found any suspects, they
\nhinted that parties resentful of police success in investigating
\nterrorism networks might have been behind the bombing.<\/p>\n
"This has happened for the first time in the history of the
\npolice. Only since we started to wage war on terrorism have we
\nreceived such a terror attack. It (the bombing) must have been
\ncarried out by a group that resented police success," said
\nPrasetyo.<\/p>\n
He added the bombers were quite careful not to leave any
\nsignificant evidence or witnesses at the blast site in order to
\nmake it that much more difficult for the police to solve the
\ncase.<\/p>\n
Police have, thus far, identified a number of groups as being
\nbehind a string of bombings in the capital, including the Free
\nAceh Movement, Hutomo "Tommy" Soeharto's henchmen, groups
\naffiliated to suspected terrorists Hambali and Imam Samudra,
\nadventurer groups and other groups that had yet to be identified
\nby the police, Prasetyo said.<\/p>\n
Following the blast, which ripped through the lobby of Wisma
\nBhayangkari, located in the same compound as the National Police
\nHeadquarters, the police beefed up security checks on Tuesday on
\nincoming cars at most of their premises.<\/p>\n
"We are simply trying to ensure that the public can continue
\nto benefit from our services in comfort and safety -- just in
\ncase there are other attacks," said Prasetyo.<\/p>",
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