INDONESIA: OFFICES OF ANGLO-DUTCH COMPANY UNILEVER IN JAKARTA ARE EVACUATED FOLLOWING BOMB THREAT

Record ID: 230543

  • Title: INDONESIA: OFFICES OF ANGLO-DUTCH COMPANY UNILEVER IN JAKARTA ARE EVACUATED FOLLOWING BOMB THREAT
  • Date: 14th September 2004
  • Summary: (W4) JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 14, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. TILT UP OF EXTEROR OF MENARA DUTA BUILDING, WHERE OFFICES OF UNILEVER ARE LOCATED 0.06 2. CLOSE-UP SIGN READING BANK MANDURI AND MENARA DUTA 0.11 3. VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN OUTSIDE BUILDING 0.16 4. CLOSE-UP OF POLICE OFFICERS MONITORING RADIO 0.23 5. VARIOUS OFFICE WORKERS EVACUATING BUILDING 0.32 6. CLOSE-UP SIGN OF BOMB SQUAD ON POLICE VAN 0.36 7. SLV BOMB SQUAD POLICE VAN OUTSIDE OF BUILDING 0.43 8. CLOSE OF SECURITY INSIDE BUILDING 0.50 9. VARIOUS OF FOREIGN WORKERS WAITING IN CAR PARK 1.21 10. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) OFFICE WORKER SAYING: "I'm somewhat scared, having to be on guard all the time because we never know whether it's real or not. Better to evacuate to avoid any unfortunate episode such as a bomb. So I was actually scared" 1.39 11. SLV OF SECURITY OUTSIDE BUILDING 1.45 12. WIDE OF EXTERIOR OF BUILDING 1.49 13. WIDE OF NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF DETECTIVE SUYITNO LANDUNG SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS 1.54 14. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) LANDUNG SAYING: "There are suspects who are still at large and who had told their families they were ready to carry out a suicide mission. We have collected blood samples from their family members and we would match those with some 117 body parts found at the blast scene" 2.15 15. WIDE OF JOURNALISTS 2.20 16. WIDE OF (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) LANDUNG SAYING: "The national police chief just posted a one-billion rupiah (US$100,000 approx.) bounty (for Azahari) and 500 million rupiah for the others" 2.29 17. WIDE OF EXTERIOR OF NATIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS 2.34 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th September 2004 13:00
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  • Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA6B72AOLI89F5RY5T8CKDXXIPG
  • Story Text: Unilever Jakarta office is evacuated after bomb
    threat, as police intensify Australian embassy bombing
    investigation.




    A bomb threat forced the evacuation of workers from
    the offices of Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever in Jakarta on
    Tuesday (September 14).

    An unidentified caller telephoned the threat to the
    office, located in a building on the same busy street as
    the Australian embassy, which was hit by a suicide car bomb
    last Thursday (September 9) that killed nine people.

    A male called the Unilever office only to hung up after
    saying 'there's a bomb', witnesses said.

    "I'm somewhat scared, having to be on guard all the
    time because we never know whether it's real or not. Better
    to evacuate to avoid any unfortunate episode such as a
    bomb. So I was actually scared," said an office worker
    after evacuating the building.

    Police bomb squad combed the Duta building which also
    home to a local bank -- after evacuating its occupants, but
    found no traces of any explosive device.

    Indonesia has been hit by sporadic bomb attacks in
    recent years, which often trigger a spate of threats to
    Western companies and government offices.

    Authorities believe militants behind Thursday's
    Australian embassy bombing are poised for a second attack.

    Indonesian police suspect militant Islamic network
    Jemaah Islamiah, who they believe to be the regional arm of
    al Qaeda, was behind the suicide bombing of the embassy
    attack which also injured more than 180 people.

    A second JI cell is believed to remain active.

    While the main JI suspects-- fugitive Malaysian
    bomb-making expert Azahari Husin and his sidekick Noordin
    Mohammed Top have been on the most wanted list since the 2002 Bali
    bomb
    ings, Indonesian police are focusing the
    investigation on three other suspects believed to have been
    recruited by the two fugitives to carry out the suicide
    attack.

    "There are suspects who are still at large and who had
    told their families they were ready to carry out a suicide
    mission. We have collected blood samples from their family
    members and we would match those with some 117 body parts
    found at the blast scene," said National Police Chief
    Detective Suyitno Landung.

    Authorities believe JI was behind both the Bali
    bombings as well as another suicide bombing of Jakarta's JW
    Marriott hotel last year that killed 12.

    Landung also added that the police have also posted a
    one-billion-rupiah (about US$100,000) bounty for any
    information that leads to the arrest of Azahari and his
    group.

    "The national police chief just posted a one-billion
    rupiah bounty (for Azahari) and 500 million rupiah for the
    others," Landung said.





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