The Explosion In Setiabudi Allegedly Came From A Assembled Bomb That Was Stored By A 2001 Terrorist

The location of the explosion was on Jalan Boat No. 2 RT 07, Guntur Village, Setiabudi, South Jakarta/ Photo: IST

The explosion that killed one construction worker in the home project of Jalan Boat No.02, RT 07, Guntur Village, Setiabudi, South Jakarta is thought to have come from the remaining explosives buried at the crime scene (TKP).

Yoyon, one of the residents around the crime scene, said he suspected that the explosion that occurred this afternoon, Wednesday, October 18, was the remains of a homemade bomb.

Yoyon told, on May 10, 2001, there was a foundation containing students from Aceh who were strongly suspected of assembling bombs. At that time, there was also an explosion. The location, next to the house that exploded today.

Yoyon believes that today's explosion was closely related to the 2001 explosion where students kept explosives not far from the site of today's explosion.

The name is the Iskandar Muda Foundation, it contains Acehnese students who attended school in Jakarta, in the past. It is known that they are terrorist in assembling bombs," Yoyon said when met at the location, Wednesday, October 18.

"(The perpetrator) Dies by suicide, it explodes. He is assembling a bomb that exploded. Now, what is now exploding, is it fitting to assemble (the former) and keep it next to the house that has exploded now. I think so," said Yoyon.

Yoyon also mentioned that the building located on Jalan Tangkuban Boat Number 1, Guntur Village, Setiabudi, Jakarta was abandoned decades ago. However, it was finally repaired in the last two years.

"This is new, it used to be abandoned. Now this is new. It's only been (built) for 2 years. It's only been used for years. When it exploded, it wasn't built. It's been decades," he said.

Meanwhile, the South Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Ade Ary admitted that he did not know any information regarding the explosion.

However, he admitted that he would first check the information.

"We'll check it later, we haven't heard that information yet," he said.

According to VOI's search, a bomb exploded at the Iskandar Muda Welfare Foundation Dormitory, Jalan Tangkuban Boat Number 1, Guntur Village, Setiabudi, South Jakarta, Thursday, May 10, 2001, at 15.30 WIB.

The bomb explosion killed two people and injured two others, namely Erwin Abdurrahman and Hidayatullah.

Only eight days after the incident, four people who became suspects immediately reconstructed the explosion incident. Reconstruction started from receiving a bomb package from a suspect until the bomb exploded.