World News 14-09-2000 Indonesia: 13 Killed In Stock Exchange Bombing who: Former president Suharto what: Fails to attend trial after car bomb disaster where: Indonesia when: Yesterday snippet: "At least 13 people were killed and 27 injured," reports The Independent`s Lloyd Rundle, "when a car bomb exploded at the Jakarta stock exchange yesterday, as Indonesia prepared for the second instalment of the former dictator Suharto`s corruption trial". "The bomb went off in an underground car park, setting the building ablaze for several hours and sending smoke billowing into the surrounding area," says Chris McCall in The Telegraph. The device "probably contained up to 50kg of explosive," says The Guardian`s John Aglionby. "It ignited a chain of explosions as petrol tanks blew up in surrounding cars". No one has claimed responsibility for the bomb, but police have arrested five unnamed men and hinted that supporters of former president Suharto were to blame. The trial subsequently resumed without him, reports the BBC, after he failed to appear in court on the grounds of ill health. 79 year-old Mr Suharto is accused of embezzling $570m in state funds during his 32 years in office. [... more]

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