Students sent home after bomb scare

Students sent home after bomb scare

PALU, Central Sulawesi: The SMKN II vocational school sent
home on Friday its 700 students, as it had received a bomb threat
at 10:30 a.m.

The students fled in a panic upon hearing the principal's
announcement that an unidentified male caller said a bomb planted
at the school was set to explode.

Palu Police sent its bomb squad and cordoned off the school
while combing it for an explosive device. They concluded the
threat was a hoax when the search turned up empty.

Earlier on Thursday, a similar bomb hoax was received by
Central Sulawesi Police deputy chief Sr. Comr. Sukirno at his
private residence on Jl. Setiabudi, East Palu.

Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Aryanto Sutadi said
the office was cooperating with state telecommunications operator
PT Telkom and private firm Telkomsel to trace callers who made
frequent bomb threats in the province. -- JP