'Blast caused by high explosive, possibly car bomb'
JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani said on Thursday the blast damaging Australian Embassy and nearby high rise buildings in Kuningan, South Jakarta was mostly caused by a suicide car bomb using high explosive.
"We found a chunk of human torso inside the Plaza 89 front yard across the street from the Embassy," Firman said.
"The bomb was a high explosive one although we do not know yet what substances were used. Glasses in a radius of 500 meters from the embassy were shattered," he added.
Firman also said at least 10 cars, 2 motorcycles and 2 Metromini minibuses were destroyed by the explosion.
The explosion created a crater of 30 meters by 30 meters which is larger than the crater created by JW Marriott Hotel bombing in August 2002 of 20 meters by 20 meters.
Police found at least four bodies inside cars and onmotorcycles near the explosion center.
At least nine people were reportedly dead and more than 90 people were injured. (dmr/nvn)
"We found a chunk of human torso inside the Plaza 89 front yard across the street from the Embassy," Firman said.
"The bomb was a high explosive one although we do not know yet what substances were used. Glasses in a radius of 500 meters from the embassy were shattered," he added.
Firman also said at least 10 cars, 2 motorcycles and 2 Metromini minibuses were destroyed by the explosion.
The explosion created a crater of 30 meters by 30 meters which is larger than the crater created by JW Marriott Hotel bombing in August 2002 of 20 meters by 20 meters.
Police found at least four bodies inside cars and onmotorcycles near the explosion center.
At least nine people were reportedly dead and more than 90 people were injured. (dmr/nvn)
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