AFP to help probe airport blast

AFP to help probe airport blast

JAKARTA: National Police Headquarters confirmed on Tuesday the
Australian Federal Police (AFP) would assist in the investigation
of the bombing at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.

National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Zainuri Lubis said two
forensic experts from the AFP, who have also been helping
investigate Thursday's blast near the United Nations office in
Central Jakarta, would assist Indonesian police in the airport
bombing investigation.

"Hopefully, the cooperation will speed up the investigation,"
Zainuri said.

Australian police, who have been involved in the probe into
last year's bombings in Bali, also helped investigate two
bombings in the North Sumatra capital of Medan about a month ago.

The Bali blasts on Oct. 12, 2002, killed 202 people, 89 of
them Australians. Indonesian police have arrested most of the
suspects in that case and their trials are expected to start next
month. -- JP