据《雅加达邮报》3月6日报道：一位当地居民周日在北苏门答腊省棉兰市Jl. Ring路一家麦当劳快餐店附近发现一只无人看管的棕色箱子，随即国家警察局的拆弹小组前来排查。

这只箱子被怀疑内含一个组装炸弹，和周日在北苏门答腊省东或是发现的类似，仅仅是在佐科总统访问东或是的三天后。

在收到有关可疑箱子的报告后，警方派遣Gegana拆弹小组前往现场。

警方表示，在评估这只箱子后，他们发现它不含类似于在东或是发现的那些物质。警方对箱子进行进一步调查。

根据早前报道，周日一位或是的当地居民发现一只黑色箱子，内含爆炸物质、组装手枪、杂志、子弹和电缆盘。

或是警察局长Adj. Sr. Comr. Mulya Hakin Solihin表示，北苏门答腊警方的拆弹小组已经检查了该箱子，但补充道，这枚自制炸弹已被拆除。

他还称，在发现该枚炸弹后，警方会加强全城的安全措施并找出嫌犯。

1月14日，雅加达市中心一家百货商场附近发生了一起恐怖袭击，该事件造成4人死亡，超过二十人受伤。

The National Police’s bomb squad investigated an unattended brown suitcase found by a local resident in front of a McDonald’s fast food restaurant on Jl. Ring Road in Medan, North Sumatra, on Sunday.

The suitcase was suspected to contain an assembled bomb similar to that found in East Binjai, North Sumatra, on Saturday, just three days after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited the city.

The police dispatched their Gegana bomb squad to the location after receiving a report on the suspicious suitcase.

“I went along the street at around 6 a.m. and the suitcase was already there. I saw a young man wearing a green shirt standing near the suitcase,” said Irwan, a local resident.

Nofri, a local resident who also passed through the area around 6 a.m., said he saw four men watching over the suitcase. “I thought they wanted to go to Kualanamu [International Airport]. This area is on the route of bus services to the airport,” he said.

The police said that after assessing the suitcase, they found it did not contain materials similar to those found in East Binjai. The police seized the suitcase for further investigations.

As reported earlier, a local resident found a black suitcase containing explosive materials, assembled guns, magazines, bullets and cable reels in Binjai on Saturday.

Binjai Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Mulya Hakin Solihin said the North Sumatra Police’s bomb squad was examining the suitcase, but added that the homemade bomb had been defused.

He said the police would beef up security measures around the city following the discovery of the bomb and would find out who made it.

“We will cooperate with the North Sumatra Police and the [National Police’s] Densus 88 counterterrorism squad,” he added.

On Jan. 14, a deadly attack occurred near the Sarinah department store on Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta. Four civilians were killed in the attack, which also injured more than 20 people. (ebf)

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