DATE=8/1/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=INDONESIA / BLAST (L)
NUMBER=2-265008
BYLINE=PATRICIA NUNAN
DATELINE=JAKARTA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: In Jakarta, at least two people were killed
and the Philippine ambassador to Indonesia was among
the injured when a bomb blast destroyed the car in
which he was riding, Tuesday. Dozens were injured by
flying shrapnel. As Patricia Nunan reports from
Jakarta, the Indonesian president has already blamed
the attack on the Philippines internal problems.
Text:
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UNDER ///
Officials say the Philippine ambassador to Indonesia,
Leonidus Caday, is in stable condition in a Jakarta
hospital. Both he and his driver survived the blast
that sent sprayed shrapnel in almost every direction.
One of the dead, a woman, was killed when her legs
were cut off.
A police officer at the scene said the ambassador was
able to speak after the explosion.
/// OFFICER IN INDONESIAN, IN AND UNDER
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The officer says: "All he could say, was 'help me,
help me.' "
The force of the explosion destroyed part of the
ambassador's residence. It also wrecked a water main,
flooding the street. The ambassador's home is across
the street from the Indonesia's National Election
Commission.
Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid says he
believes the blast is linked to the political unrest
in the southern Philippines. The Philippines
government is battling rebels from the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front, who are fighting for independence of
the southern Philippines region, Mindanao. On the
southern island, Jolo, another group of Islamic rebels
is also under pressure by the government.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front quickly denied
responsibility. A Philippine embassy statement says
no motive had been established for the bombing.
(signed)
NEB/HK/PN/GC/WD
01-Aug-2000 07:13 AM LOC (01-Aug-2000 1113 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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