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Blast in Jakarta

By P.S. Suryanarayana

SINGAPORE July 14. The Indonesian Parliament in Jakarta was today rocked by a high-intensity bomb explosion at an air-conditioning plant within the premises.

This sent a fresh wave of terror alarm across southeast Asia, although the blast claimed no lives on a day of parliamentary recess. Security officials suspected it to be the handiwork of Al-Qaeda's alleged regional outfit, Jemaah Islaymiyah, blamed for the terrorist carnage in Bali last October.

In a separate terror episode, five persons were killed and nine others injured in a market blast in China today.

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