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Summary At least five people were wounded in a bomb blast at a house near Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
Police say a bomb being prepared for a terrorist attack has exploded at a house near Indonesias capital, injuring five people.Jakarta police spokesman Col. Rikwanto said Sunday that the strong blast went off late Saturday in Depok, a town on the outskirts of Jakarta.Police say the house, listed as an orphanage but never opened to the public was actually a militant safe house. Five people were severely injured and hospitalized, including a man whose hand was cut off and a woman with head wounds.Police are searching for two suspects who escaped.Rikwanto says the seven people at the house were apparently preparing bombs for terrorist attacks.Indonesia has been hit by a string of terror attacks blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants.
