Pertamina official's home attacked

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: An unidentified person attacked the home of a Pertamina (the state oil company) official here with two Molotov cocktails at dawn on Saturday, but no injuries were reported.

The homemade bombs were thrown through a window on the left side of a house belonging to Sutiyono, the director of the Pertamina domestic distribution office in Kupang, but they failed to explode.

Sutiyono discovered that his house had been attacked only at around 9:15 a.m. Police officers were called to investigate.

The head of the Pertamina security unit in Kupang, Imam Safe'i, said nobody was aware of the attack as heavy rain had been falling at the time of the attack.

Sutiyono's housekeeper, Agustinus Bataona, said he heard nothing when the attack took place. "I only became aware of it when bapak told me," Agustinus said, referring to his employer.

Imam said Sutiyono had received a telephone death threat on Thursday. -- Antara