Two killed in Jakarta blast

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A bomb has destroyed a dormitory for students from the restive Indonesian province of Aceh, killing at least two people, police and witnesses said.

"Looking at the level of destruction we can say it has been caused by a bomb," Inspector-general Sofjan Jacoeb told Reuters.

Jacoeb said nine students were being questioned and the bomb squad was investigating.

Another police source at the site said it was a home-made bomb.

Jacoeb could not confirm the number of casualties but said at least two people had been killed.

The dormitory, in the central Jakarta suburb of Guntur, stood opposite a mosque. Witnesses said around 200 onlookers had gathered near the site which police had cordoned off.

They said minimal damage was caused to adjoining buildings.

A series of bomb blasts and explosions has rocked several major towns and the capital Jakarta in the past year, creating a backdrop of violence that has hobbled the country's efforts to emerge from three years of political and economic crisis.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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