Live bomb found in Palembang

Live bomb found in Palembang

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: A home-made bomb wrapped in a black
plastic bag was found at the Raden Fattah Islamic Teaching
Institute in the South Sumatra provincial capital of Palembang on
Monday.

The explosive device was found by Suyadi, the institute's
security guard, when he was patrolling the campus on Monday
night.

According to Suyadi, the bomb was placed on the Adab faculty's
gate by an unidentified man.

"When I walked around the Adab faculty at midnight, I saw a
strange object in a black plastic bag. When I tried to open it, I
found cables. Then I was aware that it was a bomb and I
immediately threw it into the field before reporting it to the
nearby police station, he said.

South Sumatra Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. M. Sulaiman
confirmed that the police had examined the bomb in the forensics
laboratory.

"The bomb would only create a small explosion," he said,
adding that police are searching for those who put it in the
campus. --JP