Police special team to probe hospital blast<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA (JP): Puzzled by recent bomb shocks, Yogyakarta
\nPolice set up a special team on Wednesday to investigate
\nTuesday's hospital explosion, as well as other bombs found in
\npublic places, chief Brig. Gen. Logan Siagian said.<\/p>\n
\"The team, led by chief of Yogyakarta Police Crime
\nInvestigation Unit, has 30 personnel from five police precincts,\"
\nLogan told scores of journalists at his office on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He said police were very serious in dealing with the issue.
\n\"We believe that the hospital bombing is linked to three bombs
\nfound in a city bus and by the roadside in Bantul.\"<\/p>\n
Logan referred to an active handmade bomb found in a city bus
\nlast Friday and two others found last Wednesday beside a road in
\nTrirenggo village in the regency of Bantul.<\/p>\n
\"We will soon be able to identify whether the bombs were of
\nthe same type and whether they were made by the same person or
\ngroup of people,\" said Logan.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by Yogyakarta Police's Chief of Crime
\nInvestigation Unit Sr. Supt. Totok Sunyoto, Logan said that the
\nteam had so far questioned seven witnesses, including five
\nhospital security guards, an on-duty physician and a visitor.<\/p>\n
\"Unfortunately, we still don't have the adequate information
\nneeded to find out the people behind the terror,\" he said.<\/p>\n
A provisional result made by the forensic team indicated that
\nthe hospital bomb was made of chemical substances similar to
\nthose used to make firecrackers, Logan said.<\/p>\n
\"However, the forensic team also found a length of cable, a
\n1.5 volt battery, and a timer at the bomb scene, which leads us
\nto believe that it was a sophisticated bomb, and was made by
\npeople who have expert knowledge about explosives,\" Siagian said.<\/p>\n
Police also assumed that the three active handmade bombs found
\non Wednesday and Friday, were made by an organized group of
\npeople with political motives.<\/p>\n
\"They just want to create civil unrest and develop an image
\nthat the current government cannot adequately deal with security
\nproblems,\" said Logan. \"There is a possibility that this
\nparticular group of people, who seem committed to spreading
\nterror, might have networks with other groups outside
\nYogyakarta.\"<\/p>\n
\"All we have to do now is maintain our vigilance in order to
\nprevent people from easy provocation, especially those who are
\nusing religion to defend their actions,\" he said.<\/p>\n
In a separate interview, Sri Wahyuni Werdiningsih, Dr.
\nSardjito General Hospital's Head of Public Relations Department,
\ntold The Jakarta Post that Tuesday's explosion did not affect the
\nhospital's daily activities.<\/p>\n
\"Everything just ran as usual. The activities continued
\nnormally, and nothing unusual occurred (after the explosion),\"
\nsaid Werdiningsih. \"The hospital suffered about Rp 3 million in
\nfinancial losses due to the explosion which, in large part, was
\nfor repair work to a damaged lavatory. (swa)<\/p>",
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