Bomb threat hits Immanuel Church

Bomb threat hits Immanuel Church

JAKARTA (JP): An anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat to
Immanuel Church in the Gambir area of Central Jakarta on Friday
afternoon.

The message was received by Heri, a church warden, at about
12:05 p.m., city police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said.

"The caller told Heri that a bomb would explode at 2 p.m.,
similar to the recent blast at Istiqlal Grand Mosque," Lubis
said, referring to the April 20 explosion at the Central Jakarta
mosque.

Heri reported the threat to local police, who alerted the
Gegana bomb squad.

After a two-hour check of the church and its surroundings, the
squad declared the building was safe and there were no
explosives. (emf)