{"id":21227,"date":"2026-06-01T07:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/five-killed-after-suspected-wartime-bomb-detonates-beneath-indonesian-home\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:16:07","slug":"five-killed-after-suspected-wartime-bomb-detonates-beneath-indonesian-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/five-killed-after-suspected-wartime-bomb-detonates-beneath-indonesian-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Five killed after suspected wartime bomb detonates beneath Indonesian home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>JAKARTA, June 1 &mdash; A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in an Indonesian fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The blast in Indonesia&rsquo;s restive eastern Papua region startled locals with a thunderous boom yesterday&nbsp;afternoon, emitting a ball of flames followed by a thick smoke column, according to footage broadcast on <em>Kompas TV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Nine homes were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The source of the explosion is strongly suspected to have been a bomb or mortar left over from World War II,&rdquo; Papua police spokesman Cahyo Sukarnito told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Three people are still recorded as missing, but Cahyo said several body parts have yet to be identified.<\/p>\n<p>At least 19 people were treated for minor injuries, he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&ldquo;We will provide further updates once the search for victims and the investigation have been completed,&rdquo; said Cahyo.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, nine civilians were among 13 people killed in West Java province when an explosion occurred as Indonesian troops attempted to dispose of rejected munitions by detonating them in a pit.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia was a major battle zone during WWII when Japanese forces occupied what was then the Dutch East Indies, and Allied forces fought to retake control. &mdash; AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Five killed after suspected wartime bomb detonates beneath Indonesian home<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAKARTA, June 1 &mdash; A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in an Indonesian fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said today.&nbsp; The blast in Indonesia&rsquo;s restive eastern Papua region startled locals with a thunderous boom yesterday&nbsp;afternoon, emitting a ball of flames followed by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/five-killed-after-suspected-wartime-bomb-detonates-beneath-indonesian-home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Five killed after suspected wartime bomb detonates beneath Indonesian home&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}