ABC AUSTRALIA, 11/10/2002 23:04:59
US concerned about unresolved grenade explosion in Jakarta
The United States is urging Indonesian authorities to resolve the uncertainty
surrounding a grenade explosion last month near an unoccupied house belonging to
the US embassy.
American ambassador Ralph Boyce said after meeting Indonesia's foreign minister
Hassan Wirayudha that the US is naturally concerned.
It is the first comment by a US official indicating that the blast, which killed one of the
suspected assailants, might have been an attempted attack on American facilities.
The American State Department said after the September 23 blast there was no
indication that US Embassy properties were targeted.
Police had earlier said the blast was connected with attempts to collect a debt from
the owner of a house two doors from the embassy building, and was not aimed at US
facilities.
Jakarta's police chief says his team is having difficulty investigating the blast because
a key suspect is refusing to speak.
11/10/2002 23:04:59 | ABC Radio Australia News
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