ABC AUSTRALIA, 26/07/2004 22:26:44
Bomb blast shakes Indonesian election commission
A bomb has exploded in the offices of Indonesia's election commission just before
officials were due to announce the result of this month's presidential election.
No one is believed to have been injured and there has been no serious damage.
Police say the explosion damaged a women's toilet on the first floor of the central
Jakarta offices.
The blast occured while most people were attending prayers. The building was then
evacuated.
Our Indonesia correspondent, Tim Palmer, says until now there had been no incidents
of violence throughout Indonesia's parliamentary or presidential elections.
Electoral officials were already running behind schedule in their attempts to announce
the final count of the first-round presidential elections.
They were evacuated from the building and the counts suspended officials have only
one province to recount before announcing the result.
With about 85 per cent of the vote counted, ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
had 34 per cent of the vote, compared with 26 per cent for the incumbent Megawati
Sukarnoputri and 22 per cent for another ex-general, Wiranto.
26/07/2004 22:26:44 | ABC Radio Australia News
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