JAKARTA, Sept 24 (IslamOnline) - While Japan's Jiji news agency quoted Japanese government sources as saying Washington warned allies of a possible second round of attacks by the end of this week, three explosions occurred in Indonesia Sunday.
In Jakarta, the series of explosions that rocked a parking lot of a busy shopping center was probably the handiwork of a Malaysian group that Kuala Lumpur said received training in Afghan camps.
The blasts caused moderate damage but no casualties and could be linked to the bin Laden network, the sources said.
Police said the Malaysian group was also involved in Muslim-Christian clashes in Indonesia's Malukus islands, where thousands have died in more than two years of savage violence.
Sunday's blasts followed threats of violence by Indonesian Muslim groups if Washington attacked Afghanistan.
Indonesian police said Friday it had assigned snipers to protect the U.S. embassy, which told its citizens to "exercise maximum caution" after receiving information that some may be targeting U.S. interests in Indonesia.
Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines are considering a regional anti-terror coalition in the wake of last week's attacks, officials said.
Witnesses said they heard at least two explosions causing hundreds of shoppers and shop-owners to run out of the building in panic.
The blasts occurred just days after Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri held talks with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House and agreed to support Bush's global war on terrorism in the wake of the attacks on New York and Washington.
Central Jakarta Police Chief Sr. Comr. Matius Salempang said that police were questioning a number of witnesses.
He added that they did not yet know who was behind the blasts and what kind of explosives was used. "Let the special police team do their job first," he said.
Meanwhile in Ambon, capital of the Malukus, a bomb exploded in front of Pattimura University killing one person and injuring four others, Antara news agency reported.
The incident halted all activities at the university, with employees hastily leaving the campus.
The situation was brought under control and traffic returned to normal 30 minutes later when police officers were deployed to secure the area.
The police are assuming that the explosion originated from a bomb planted in a car parked on the side of the road. They did not say who might be responsible for the blast.
