'Speaker bomb' to be deactivated

'Speaker bomb' to be deactivated

JAKARTA (JP): A speaker found in a train, which was suspected
of containing a bomb, was removed by the National Police bomb
squad (Gegana) and taken to a field located very near the East
Jakarta Police Headquarters on Thursday.

City Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said that
until late Thursday evening, Gegana Police officers were still
trying to deactivate the "speaker bomb".

The speaker, Anton said, was found by Hendri Kurniawan who was
on an electric train, which travels between Bogor and Kota.

Hendri said that it was in excellent condition, but it didn't
seem to belong to anybody since nobody was paying attention to
it. He brought the speaker to his office in Pisangan, East
Jakarta, Anton told The Jakarta Post.

"Upon reaching there, Hendri checked out the speaker, and
opened it. He saw a lot of wiring and batteries connected to a
cell phone and a walkman. He found it very odd-looking. So, he
contacted the Matraman Police in East Jakarta."

According to a source at the Matraman Police station, they
immediately contacted the National Police bomb squad (Gegana) who
by 1:30 p.m. had taken the "speaker bomb" to the Urip Sumahardjo
field.

"Bomb squad experts believe that this is a current
technique ... activating a bomb with the use of a cell phone,"
the source said. (ylt)