Two killed in fish bomb blast
An explosion in a house apparently being used to manufacture bombs for fishing killed two people and wounded four others in central Indonesia, police said.
The blast in a housing complex in Pasuruan town on Java island destroyed one house, badly damaged several others and tore the head off one of the victims, witnesses said.
One of the dead was a 65-year-old woman, local media reports said.
East Java Police chief Herman Sumawireja told Metro TV it appeared likely the house in the coastal town was being used to manufacture bombs for fishing, a common practice in the area.
He said police were hunting a relative of the owner of the house who was involved in the manufacture of the devices, often constructed from gunpowder salvaged from old bullets and mortar shells.
"We are not directing our investigation to terrorism, not at the moment," he said, adding that the owner of the house was being questioned.
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