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Hand grenade found at Jakarta Hilton
December 21, 2004
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Fresh security concerns swept Jakarta when an old and rusty hand grenade
was found hidden in a tin can beside the Hilton Hotel just days after
Australia warned of a possible terror attack on the complex.
The grenade, which was taken away by bomb squad officers, was found half
buried by a gardener early yesterday morning as he uprooted plants around
the heavily-guarded hotel grounds.
Emeraldo Parengkuan, public relations director at the Hilton, said the
grenade was inside a tin alongside the hotel fence, in the grounds of the
adjacent Jakarta sports stadium.
It was found just days after Australian intelligence intercepts pointed to a
possible attack on a major international hotel - possibly one of three
Hiltons in Indonesia - during the Christmas and New Year period.
"Since the warning we have very strong security in place, and all our staff
were warned to look out for anything suspicious," Parengkuan told AAP.
"The cleaner found an object around 7am and we had many police here to
investigate. It just shows that the security we had in place worked."
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A Jakarta police spokesman said the device was an old World War II-style
pineapple grenade and bomb squad officers had been called to take it away.
"It was an old grenade, all rusty ... it was already inactive," national
police spokesman Paiman said.
Dozens of police had already been on duty at the Hilton, including members
of the elite detachment 88 anti-terrorist squad, while bomb squad officers
were rushed to the hotel after the grenade was uncovered, he said.
Indonesia has suffered a series of deadly explosions blamed on Islamic
extremists over the past few years, culminating in the September 9 bombing
of the Australian embassy in Jakarta, which killed nine people and the
bomber.
The masterminds of that attack and the 2002 Bali bombings - Malaysian bomb
technician Azahari Husin and Jemaah Islamiah top recruiter Noordin Top - are
still on the run despite a massive manhunt across Indonesia.
Police fear the pair may be planning to repeat a wave of church bombings on
Christmas Eve 2000, which left 19 dead. Officers found several makeshift
explosives on a bus last week but said a different group was responsible.
The hand grenade was found in a small patch of garden next to the back exit
gate of the sprawling hotel complex in the heart of the city, a police
official said.
An Australian embassy spokeswoman said the find would not alter Australia's
already tough travel warnings about Indonesia, which advised travellers to
stay clear of the country.
She said the current warning about Christmas attacks, matched by Britain,
New Zealand and Japan, remained valid.
US State Department warnings also advise Americans to avoid non-essential
travel to Indonesia, saying "the terrorist threat continues and may increase
over the December-January holiday period".
Police have deployed an additional 18,400 personnel for Christmas and New
Year to protect churches and entertainment centres.
Parengkuan said the hotel had not had a mass exodus of guests but that some
groups had cancelled functions because of the threat.
AAP/AFP
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