War materiel found in Kalimantan

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Local residents discovered two mortars in Tanjung Gundul area of Bengkayang regency here, some 120 kilometers north of Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan.

The discovery was reported to local police authorities, who asked the bomb squad from the West Kalimantan provincial police to deal with the explosives.

Bomb squad officers went to the area on Thursday and defused the mortars.

"They were apparently manufactured in 1969. We are investigating further," said Adj. Sr. Comr. Didi Haryono, the spokesman for the West Kalimantan provincial police. -- Antara