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Greater Jakarta: Suspected bomb turns out to be cakes
A box found under a bench on the footpath in front of the Pullman Hotel on Jl
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box found under a bench on the footpath in front of the Pullman Hotel on Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta has turned out to be just a box of cakes.
Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Mohammad Iqbal said on Thursday that bomb squad officers examined the box and determined that it did not pose a threat. 'The bomb squad confirmed the box just contained some kue bolu [cakes],' he said.
Iqbal said the suspicious box was first discovered at 10:20 a.m. by a pedestrian who then reported it to a security officer at the hotel. 'The hotel then checked a surveillance camera,' he said.
From the camera footage, it was found that a man wearing a brown jacket with a black backpack had placed the box under the bench at 9:47 a.m., Iqbal said. 'The man sat on the bench and put the box on the sidewalk in front of him. He then moved the box under the bench with his right foot before he walked away,' he explained, adding that the hotel reported their discovery to the Jakarta Police after checking the camera footage.
The Jakarta Police are currently looking into possible reasons for why the package was placed there.
