Homemade bomb explodes in Poso

Homemade bomb explodes in Poso

A homemade bomb exploded in Poso city on Tuesday at 9:50 p.m.
local time, or 8:50 p.m. Jakarta time, near the office of a
campaign team for candidates running in the upcoming Poso
regental elections.

No casualties were reported in the incident,
the latest after the Tentena bombings in May where two bomb
blasts killed 21 people, but the campaign team office of Piet
Inkiriwang and A. Muthalib Rimi, who are backed by the Prosperous
Peace Party, was slightly damaged in the incident.

According to
deputy chief of Poso Police, Adj. Comr. Ricky Naldo, police
personnel have been assigned to secure the area but could not yet
identify those responsible for the bombing or provide details of
the type of bomb used. -- JP