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Indonesian police probe blast in capital Jakarta

Xinhua, April 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Jakarta metropolitan police have launched an investigation into Wednesday's explosion in the Indonesian capital that injured four people, police said here on Thursday.

The police will probe the motive of the blast, the perpetrators and the origin of the explosive materials, said spokesman of the Jakarta police Rikwanto.

"(The investigators) will investigate where the explosive materials were from, which groups are involved, and the purpose of it," he said at the Jakarta police headquarters office.

The spokesman said that the police found packages containing explosive materials at the scene in clean condition.

"It means that the packages had been new in the location," said Rikwanto.

So far seven witnesses have been questioned, according to the police.

The explosion, which occurred near a police station in Tanah Abang of Central Jakarta at 14:50 p.m. local time, has left two people with serious injuries and two others with minor wounds, according to the police.

Jakarta has been gearing up for the 60th anniversary of Asian African Conference, which is expected to be attended by over 30 heads of states, vice presidents and deputy prime ministers later this month. Endi