Dili police seize fire bombs

Dili police seize fire bombs

DILI, East Timor: Police seized more than 50 fire bombs and a
long-barrel rifle from a house in Keluhun village near here over
the weekend.

The police are still tracking the suspected makers and owners
of the bombs and the rifle, said the chief of the Udayana
regional military command, Maj. Gen. Abdul Rifai who oversees
security in Bali, Nusa Tenggara and East Timor.

He said he had information that the suspects planned to use
the weapons in Dili on May 25.

"We have the names of the makers and owners of the bombs as
well as those who have designed rioting in Dili," Rivai was
quoted as saying by Antara .

He said the suspects were people opposed to the 1976
integration of East Timor into Indonesia. "We will take harsh
action against anyone that means to trigger chaos."

Meanwhile, East Timor military chief Col. Mahidin Simbolon
said that security authorities also confiscated flags and T-
shirts made by pro-independence activists with the inscription
"Free Xanana".

Xanana Gusmao is a rebel leader now serving a 20-year jail
term in a Jakarta prison. (pan)