Security personnel seize three bombs

Security personnel seize three bombs

POSO, South Sulawesi: Security personnel confiscated three
handmade bombs during a search in Poso regency, South Sulawesi,
on Sunday.

Spokesman of the Poso security task force Adj. Sr. Comr. Agil
Assegaf said the bombs were found in a cow stable owned by
Suyono, a resident of Tabalu village, Poso Pesisir district.

"The bombs were discovered using a metal detector," said Agil.

"We also found two handmade rifles in Suyono's house and
another rifle confiscated from the house of another Tabalu
village resident, Muksin."

Agil said that Suyono and Muksin had left the village in 2000.

About 500 police officers and soldiers took part in the
search, which started at 7 a.m. local time (6 a.m. Jakarta time)
and went on until noon. -- JP