Mortar found at market trash

Mortar found at market trash

JAKARTA: A mortar was found by a scavenger, Bahri, on Monday
evening in a pile of garbage behind the Blok A traditional
market, in Fatmawati, South Jakarta. He found the mortar wrapped
in a black plastic bag inside a cardboard box.

Bahri reported the finding to the market security guard on
duty who later passed the information on to the Kebayoran Baru
police.

Kebayoran Baru police detective chief First Insp. Robert De
Deo confirmed the finding of the rocket-shaped mortar measuring
40 centimeters, but he refused to give out the type of mortar and
explain whether or not the mortar was still active.

"Following the finding, we contacted the police bomb squad to
take it away. The mortar is being examined by the squad," he
said. --JP