Bomb explosion near Jakarta injures 6

A suspected militant was critically injured when a bomb apparently being prepared for a terrorist attack exploded in a house near Indonesia's capital, police said Sunday. At least three other people living nearby were injured along with two suspects who fled. An elite anti-terror squad was searching for the two men who escaped after the strong blast late Saturday in Depok, a town on the outskirts of Jakarta, said National Police spokesman Maj. Gen. Anang Iskandar. The explosion came just days after police raided another home in Jakarta where similar bomb-making materials were found in connection with a terrorist group that allegedly plotted to kill police and bomb the country's Parliament. "The government strongly deplores and condemns those who caused such an explosion," Djoko Suyanto, a top security minister, told reporters Sunday, adding that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had been informed while attending a Pacific Rim summit in Vladivostok, Russia. "The president has ordered the hunt for the two suspects who fled the blast scene, and that's what we are doing." National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo said the two suspects were severely wounded in their hands, and he warned the public to be on the lookout for anyone with such injuries, according to a report of the Associated Press.