Bomb thrower 'has personality disorder'

JAKARTA (JP): Psychiatrists presume that the sole suspect of last week's lobbing of two Molotov cocktails at the official residence of Governor Sutiyoso in Menteng, Central Jakarta, has a personality disorder, an officer said.

City police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman told the media on Saturday that the disorder had led the police to temporarily treat the 24-year-old suspect, Dino, "with special care".

Dino, a student at Trisakti University, was apprehended by police at a relatives' house in Bintaro, South Jakarta, on Wednesday morning, few hours after he returned to the scene with an air rifle.

Two days earlier, he reportedly threw two Molotov cocktails at the security post of the governor's house and sped off in his car. No fatalities were recorded. A small part of the security post was set ablaze.

According to Noegroho, police are still questioning the suspect to find out the motive behind his behavior. Dino repeatedly claims he threw the bombs and returned to the scene because he was upset at being told by guards at the house to move his car, which was parked on the sidewalk.

The psychological test was conducted by city police psychiatrists shortly after he was arrested.

"His actions were desperate and very strange. He should have known the place would be tightly guarded after (the first) incident on Monday," city police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said Thursday.

"Judging from the fact that he is a university student with no criminal record, it is strange that he got so angry just because he was asked to move his car," he added. (edt)