Yudhoyono orders bomb probe

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Yudhoyono orders bomb probe

Saturday, May 28, 2005 Posted: 11:17 PM EDT (0317 GMT)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) --

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered police to find those

responsible for Saturday's twin bomb blasts that killed 22 people in a mainly

Christian town on the island of Sulawesi.

So far there has been no claim of responsibility, and Yudhoyono

said he would not speculate on the perpetrators.

Earlier, Vice President Yusuf Kalla said he was sure the

bombings were not the work of locals, but of people from outside the region, Antara

news agency reported.

The two bombs exploded about 15 minutes apart in a crowded

market in the town of Tentena on Saturday morning.

Tentena is a largely Christian area, but Muslims also live

there. The town is on the island of Sulawesi, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) inland from the coastal town of Poso.

Police and government officials raised the death toll on

Sunday to 22, with at least another 50 people injured.

Yudhoyono, who arrived in Hanoi late on Saturday from

the United States for an official visit, said he would cut short his trip if

necessary, Antara reported. He is due to go to Japan after Vietnam.

" I firmly believe the bombings had nothing to do with

the local Islamic and Christian communities, " Kalla told media Saturday.

" They have met and reconciled, and are continuing to

maintain good relations with each other. The blasts were perpetrated by

terrorists from outside, " Kalla said in a press briefing at his residence

in Makassar.

The first explosion in Tentena

happened at about 8 a.m (0000 GMT), a peak shopping hour on Saturday.

The second bomb was stronger,

exploding 15 minutes after the first and

just as people rushed to the scene to help victims in the traditional open air

market, witnesses said.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/indonesia.bombs/index.html

 

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