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Pipe bomb caused Jakarta restaurant blast: police
By Indonesia correspondent Geoff Thompson
Indonesian police say an explosion in an American-themed restaurant in east Jakarta yesterday was caused by a pipe bomb.
Only the bomber was seriously injured in the blast at lunchtime yesterday at the
A&W All American Food Restaurant.
Mohammed Nuh, 36, walked into the premises and collapsed after eating a meal of fried chicken and cola.
Waiters helped revive him before an explosive device in a black plastic bag was detonated.
A police spokesman says the device was a pipe bomb made of ammonium nitrate and ball bearings, which was triggered by a simple switch.
The spokesman says he cannot comment on whether the hospitalised man was a member of a militant organisation or whether the incidence was connected to the planned visit to Indonesia by US President George W Bush later this month.