- Title: INDONESIA; INACTIVE GRENADE FOUND IN GROUNDS OF JAKARTA HILTON HOTEL
- Date: 20th December 2004
- Summary: (W3) JAKARTA, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 20, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. TILT DOWN OF HILTON RESIDENCE APARTMENT BUILDINGS TO EXIT GATE 0.08 2. CLOSE UP OF JAKARTA HILTON INTERNATIONAL FLAG 0.14 3. WIDE OF HOTEL SECURITY PERSONNEL OUTSIDE GATE, POINTING TO LOCATION WHERE GRENADE WAS FOUND 0.17 4. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) SECURITY PERSONNEL SAYING: "Of course we immediately contacted the authorities to handle the matter" 0.25 5. CLOSEUP HAND POINTING AT SHRUBS OUTSIDE WHERE GRENADE WAS FOUND 0.30 6. SLV TRAFFIC PASSING THROUGH STREET 0.35 7. CLOSE UP OF SIGN FOR HOTEL TOWER AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS 0.42 8. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) JAKARTA HILTON PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR, EMERALDO PARENGKUAN, SAYING: "It's a small object. It looked like a hand grenade. I don't know if it were active or not, you may ask the authority. And what type, you may ask the authority. But it's a small object, they put in a small can but we managed to find it. So although it was outside our premises but this is the step that we want to show the public how serious we are to these activities 1.18 9. WIDE OF PARENGKUAN IN INTERVIEW 1.22 10. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) PARENGKUAN SAYING: "The hotel is still safe it still receives reservations and events we are having good response from our guests they're still confident. It shows that we are very serious. This year we have a lot of activities that are still in place, and there's no cancellation about this. We want to be open to the public of what we've been doing with regards to the security. It's a job not only for the hotel, but all the people in Indonesia, Jakarta, including the authorities." 1.59 11. TILT DOWN OF HILTON RESIDENCE 2.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
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- Story Text: Inactive grenade found at Jakarta Hilton compound.
A gardener found an inactive grenade outside a side
gate of the heavily guarded Hilton hotel in Jakarta on
Monday (December 20), only days after warnings that
militants might attack one of the three Hilton hotels in
Indonesia.
Indonesian police, however, said the device -- called a
pineapple grenade -- was aged, corroded, and possibly have
been there for a long time.
"It's a small object. It looked like a hand grenade. I
don't know if it were active or not, you may ask the
authority. And what type, you may ask the authority. But
it's a small object, they put in a small can but we managed
to find it.
So although it was outside our premises but this is the
step that we want to show the public how serious we are to
these activities," said Jakarta Hilton Public Relations
Director Emeraldo Parengkuan.
The discovery follows warnings from Western governments
led by Australia that militants might target an
international hotel in the world's most populous Muslim
nation during the Christmas and New Year period,
particularly one of the Hiltons.
Besides Jakarta, there is one on the resort island of
Bali and also in Surabaya, capital of East Java province.
"The hotel is still safe it still receives reservations and
events we are having good response from our guests
they're still confident. It shows that we are very serious.
This year we have a lot of activities that are still in place,
and there's no cancellation about this. We want to be open to
the public of what we've been doing with regards to the
security. It's a job not only for the hotel, but all the
people in Indonesia, Jakarta, including the authorities,"
said Parengkuan.
The Jakarta Hilton, one of the capital's older hotels,
borders two major thoroughfares in the city. The hotel and
a separate apartment complex under the same management
covers extensive grounds.
The inactive grenade was found under a shrub outside a
closed side gate of the Hilton Residence apartment
buildings.
Police have deployed an additional 18,400 personnel for
Christmas and New Year to protect vital buildings,
including churches and entertainment centres.
The U.S. State Department issued a fresh warning late
last week for Americans to avoid non-essential travel to
Indonesia, saying "the terrorist threat continues and may
increase over the December-January holiday period".
Islamic militants from Jemaah Islamiah, seen as the
regional arm of al Qaeda, have launched bomb attacks in
recent years in Indonesia, hitting nightclubs in Bali, the
JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta and the Australian embassy in
the capital.
In the worst attack, 202 people were killed in Bali,
most of them foreign tourists.
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