Indonesia: 3rd bomb in Jakarta bombings malfunctioned

Police: 3rd bomb in Jakarta attack malfunctioned | US Post Today.

The suicide attackers who struck the Indonesian capital last week planted a third bomb intended to send panicked crowds to hotel lobbies where the other bombs would explode, but the device’s timer malfunctioned, police said Friday.

The tactic, similar to that used by Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists in the Bali bombings, indicates that the attacks were intended to kill many more than the seven who died in the twin bombings at the two American-owned luxury hotels.

The unexploded device — a laptop computer filled with explosives and bolts — was found on the 18th floor of the J.W. Marriott hotel where the bombers had been staying and should have gone off first, said Ketut Untung Yoga of the national police.

Before:

1. Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir speaks.
2. Malaysia: Noordin Mat Top is not in the country.
3. Authorities have failed to address fundamentalist ideology.
4. Suicide attacks more likely carried by JI offshoot.

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