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11/04/08 10:03
US, Australian embassies get bomb threat
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The United States and Australian embassies in Jakarta got bomb threat on Tuesday following the imminent execution of Bali-I bombers Amrozi, Ali Ghufrom alias Mukhlas, and Imam Samudra.
Central Jakarta police spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Heri Wibowo said the bomb threat was sent by anonymous persons through a short message service (SMS) on Tuesday morning.
It was said in the SMS that the perpetrators would blow up the two embassies if Amrozi et all were executed.
"The two embassies really get a bomb threat and therefore Gambir sector police and Central Jakarta police will continue to tighten the security at the two sensitive locations," Heri Wibowo said.
According to Heri Wibowo, the persons who sent the bomb threat said they had placed TNT bombs at the two embassies and would detonate them if Amrozi et all were executed.
On September 9, 2004, a one-ton car bomb, which was packed into a small Daihatsu delivery van, exploded outside Australian embassy at Kuningan district, South Jakarta, killing 9 people including the suicide bomber, and wounding over 150 others.
Numerous office buildings surrounding the embassy were also damaged by the blast, which shattered windows in buildings 500 meters (500 yd) away, injuring many workers inside, mostly by broken glass.
Nonetheless, all Australians working at the embassy were reported alive.
Among the victims killed were embassy security guard Anton Sujarwo, 23, and four Indonesian policemen on duty at the embassy. The rest were civilians, including the embassy gardener, Suryadi, 34, two embassy workers, a visa applicant, and a pedestrian.
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/11/4/us-australian-embassies-get-bomb-threat/
US, Australian embassies get bomb threat
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The United States and Australian embassies in Jakarta got bomb threat on Tuesday following the imminent execution of Bali-I bombers Amrozi, Ali Ghufrom alias Mukhlas, and Imam Samudra.
Central Jakarta police spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Heri Wibowo said the bomb threat was sent by anonymous persons through a short message service (SMS) on Tuesday morning.
It was said in the SMS that the perpetrators would blow up the two embassies if Amrozi et all were executed.
"The two embassies really get a bomb threat and therefore Gambir sector police and Central Jakarta police will continue to tighten the security at the two sensitive locations," Heri Wibowo said.
According to Heri Wibowo, the persons who sent the bomb threat said they had placed TNT bombs at the two embassies and would detonate them if Amrozi et all were executed.
On September 9, 2004, a one-ton car bomb, which was packed into a small Daihatsu delivery van, exploded outside Australian embassy at Kuningan district, South Jakarta, killing 9 people including the suicide bomber, and wounding over 150 others.
Numerous office buildings surrounding the embassy were also damaged by the blast, which shattered windows in buildings 500 meters (500 yd) away, injuring many workers inside, mostly by broken glass.
Nonetheless, all Australians working at the embassy were reported alive.
Among the victims killed were embassy security guard Anton Sujarwo, 23, and four Indonesian policemen on duty at the embassy. The rest were civilians, including the embassy gardener, Suryadi, 34, two embassy workers, a visa applicant, and a pedestrian.
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/11/4/us-australian-embassies-get-bomb-threat/