The Jakarta Post, June 29, 2005
Homemade bomb explodes in Poso
A homemade bomb exploded in Poso city on Tuesday at 9:50 p.m. local time, or 8:50
p.m. Jakarta time, near the office of a campaign team for candidates running in the
upcoming Poso regental elections.
No casualties were reported in the incident, the latest after the Tentena bombings in
May where two bomb blasts killed 21 people, but the campaign team office of Piet
Inkiriwang and A. Muthalib Rimi, who are backed by the Prosperous Peace Party,
was slightly damaged in the incident.
According to deputy chief of Poso Police, Adj. Comr. Ricky Naldo, police personnel
have been assigned to secure the area but could not yet identify those responsible for
the bombing or provide details of the type of bomb used. -- JP
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