Explosion kills jogger in Sawangan

JAKARTA: A man was killed and another was injured by a strong blast from a package believed to contain firecrackers that had been abandoned near Jl. Patria Land in Sawangan, Depok, on Monday morning.

Sahrul, who was jogging in the area when the firecrackers exploded, was killed, while Anas, an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver was injured and rushed to Bhakti Yudha hospital.

"Based on the information that we have so far, someone threw away the firecrackers and then -- we don't know how -- it exploded and killed the jogger," Jakarta Police chief Insp.Gen. Makbul Padmanagara said here.

He said the police were still investigating how the package came to be where it was and why it exploded.

Padmanagara also said the city police dismissed two police officers for being involved in a drug abuse incident on New Year's Eve, in which a police officer died from a drug overdose.

The two dismissed officers were Brig. Sugeng Priyono and Brig. Deni Munarto.

Two other officers, First Brig. Zaidan Jauhari and Brig. Agung Sayekti, might also be punished for a similar offense, he said, adding that their case was still being processed.

The four officers were found with Brig. Muhdi, who died of an overdose after consuming drugs at the Athena discotheque on Jl. Kali Besar, Tambora, West Jakarta, during the New Year's fiesta.--JP