Eleven people were injured, one seriously, when a bomb exploded yesterday in a crowded terminal at the main airport in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. Hundreds of passengers fled Sukarno Hatta international airport in panic after the explosion, which went off at 6am in the departures hall, between a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet and a ticket counter for the national carrier, Garuda. The blast blew out windows, spraying glass around the terminal and tossing rows of chairs through the air. One victim was said to be a girl aged 12. The Indonesian government blamed the bomb attack on separatist rebels from the troubled province of Aceh, while police said it could be connected with the trial in Jakarta of Abu Bakar Bashir, the suspected leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network. Full Story
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