RI still has no leads in embassy bombing: RP

RI still has no leads in embassy bombing: RP

MANILA (AP): Indonesian investigators still have not given Philippine authorities any results from an investigation into the bombing of the Philippine ambassador's residence in Jakarta a month ago, an official said Thursday.

Two people were killed and dozens injured, including Philippine Ambassador Leonides Caday, in the Aug. 1 blast outside the ambassador's residence in downtown Jakarta.

"The Philippine Embassy in Jakarta is also getting impatient for some results," said Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lauro Baja.

Indonesian authorities "still have not given us anything," Baja said.

Baja said he has been informed that Indonesian investigators are not ruling out the involvement of Filipinos but are also following leads that Indonesians were responsible.

"I think the concentration now is not so much on the possibility of Filipino involvement but on Indonesian," he said.

Earlier this month, Presidential Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora quoted Indonesian intelligence reports as saying the bombing may have been committed by Indonesians with links to the MILF.

He said the bombers may have been avenging the deaths of some colleagues, possibly during the Philippine government's seizure last month of Camp Abubakar, the MILF's former headquarters in the southern Philippines.

Indonesian police have accepted an offer by the United States to help in the investigation. The Philippines also sent a police team to assist in the investigation, but their findings have not been disclosed.

Caday, who suffered five leg fractures and burns and bruises on his head and hands, is out of intensive care, but he still cannot stand and needs assistance to sit up, Baja said.

The Philippine government has found an apartment for his use as a temporary residence, but Caday still has to remain in the hospital, Baja said.