Cops to seek explosives experts’ assistance over court blasts

January 18, 2012

A member of the public lies injured on the ground after the blasts. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The police will seek the expert opinion of explosives specialists in a bid to move closer to determining the individuals responsible for the bomb blasts in front of the Jalan Duta court complex on January 9, Bernama Online reported this evening.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Mohmad Salleh said today that the police would also be contacting the army for similar assistance.

He added the police were in the midst of vetting through the information received from the public since the incident.

Three explosions occurred outside the High Court almost immediately after Opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, was discharged and acquitted of a charge of sodomising his former assistant, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, in 2008.

The timed devices, which contained ball bearings, are believed to have been homemade and planted in three traffic cones outside the courthouse.

Bernama reported an estimated 4,500 supporters of Anwar had assembled outside the court to await the verdict.

Five people were injured and given outpatient treatment at the city general hospital while several vehicles parked nearby were damaged.

Anwar was unharmed in the incident.