Indonesian police evacuates Jakarta’s outskirts due to bomb

The police of Indonesia evacuated people living in the outskirts of Jakarta on December 10 after discovering a bomb in a raid on suspected Islamic militants who were planning to attack the presidential palace.
Indonesian police evacuates Jakarta’s outskirts due to bomb ảnh 1Indonesian police evacuates people living near the house that was raided. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – The police of Indonesia evacuated people living in the outskirts of Jakarta on December 10 after discovering a bomb in a raid on suspected Islamic militants who were planning to attack the presidential palace.

Spokesman of the Indonesian National Police Boy Rafli Amar said people living within 300-metre radius of the house that was raided were evacuated.
The bomb was found in a cooker. Police explosive experts presented at the scene.

Two men and a woman were arrested. The spokesman added that the three are suspected to be members of a militant network involving a bomb-making establishment raided last month in West Java province.

Last month’s captured suspects planned bomb attacks in Jakarta, including the parliament building and the Embassy of Myanmar.-VNA
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