JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said they evacuated a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday after discovering a bomb in a raid on suspected militants who were planning to attack the presidential palace.
National Police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said people living within a 300-metre radius of the boarding house that was raided were evacuated. Police explosive experts were at the scene.
He said two men and one woman were arrested. The bomb was encased in a rice cooker.
More details in Sunday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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