JAKARTA - A home-made bomb has been found and defused in Indonesia's central Sulawesi province, local media reported in Jakarta Friday. The bomb, hidden inside a package in front of a house in the religiously divided town of Poso, was defused by a police bomb squad later Thursday after police received reports of local residents, Poso police's First Inspector Obed was quoted by Jakarta Post website as saying.
He added that police had combed the nearby area but found no other explosives. The planting of explosive devices was the latest incident to disturb the fragile peace in Poso, where sectarian violence has left some 1,000 people dead since 2000. Despite a government-brokered truce in December 2001, intermittent violence has continued, in which Muslim extremists were reportedly linked to bombings, shootings and other attacks targeting Christians in the region.
Tensions in the town escalated after three Christian schoolgirls were beheaded last Saturday. About 1,000 security forces have been sent to the area to boost security amid fears of further violence.
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JAKARTA - A home-made bomb has been found and defused in Indonesia's central Sulawesi province, local media reported in Jakarta Friday. The bomb, hidden inside a package in front of a house in the religiously divided town of Poso, was defused by a police bomb squad later Thursday after police received reports of local residents, Poso police's First Inspector Obed was quoted by Jakarta Post website as saying.
