Police tracking Cililitan bomb suspect

Police tracking Cililitan bomb suspect

JAKARTA: The police are still tracking down a suspect who
allegedly detonated a bomb near an electricity relay station in
Cililitan area last Friday.

The suspect, a sketch of whom has been made public by the
police, was believed to have intentionally planted the low
explosive bomb in the area, the East Jakarta Police chief, Sr.
Comr. Idrus Gasing, said on Sunday.

"The suspect was a bomb expert. He used substances that are
different from those found in recent bomb explosions in the city
that have all used a cellular phone, timer or pager," he told The
Jakarta Post.

He said that the police found some batteries and wires at the
site of the explosion, which alarmed local residents when it
occurred at around 9:45 p.m. last Friday. There was no serious
damage or injuries reported due to the incident.

Meanwhile, a gas tank exploded near the Mayasari Bhakti fuel
depot on Jl. Raya Bogor, East Jakarta, on Sunday, causing serious
injuries to Wahardi, 17, a bus conductor of one of the Mayasari
Bhakti public buses.

According to Idrus, the explosion was caused by Wahardi, who
threw a lighted cigarette on to a gas tank.

"Let me make it clear. It was not a bomb. It was just an
explosion caused by the gas tank," he said. --JP