The people in the Cempaka Putih can now return to their daily activities in peace after the Jakarta Regional Metropolitan Police's Gegana Detachment (Detachment Bomb Squad) confirmed that two objects found in a vacant lot were smoke grenades and were no longer active.
The Bomb Disposal Team of Papua Regional Police Mobile Brigade Corps discovered a modified pineapple grenade during an initial sweep and sterilization at the site of the explosion, suspected to have originated from a World War II bomb, at the Fisheries Complex in Fandoi Village, Biak Kota District, Biak Numfor Regency.
The Papua Regional Police Mobile Brigade unit has deployed a bomb disposal team to investigate the explosion of a World War II bomb in Biak Numfor Regency.
Authorities in Biak Numfor continue searching for victims after a WWII-era bomb explosion killed five, with police bomb squads securing the area.
WWII-era bomb explodes in Biak, Papua, killing five. Police bomb squad deployed to secure area and investigate remaining ordnance. Learn More.
