{"id":46961,"date":"2025-05-12T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=46961"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:49:54","slug":"thirteen-dead-after-blast-during-indonesian-military-ammunition-disposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=46961","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen dead after blast during Indonesian military ammunition disposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Reuters)   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JAKARTA, May 12  &#8211; Thirteen people died in a blast during a disposal of expired military ammunition in Indonesia&#8217;s West Java on Monday, army officials told local media, the second incident involving expired ammunition in the country in little over a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nine of the victims were civilians while four were military personnel, military spokesperson Kristomei Sianturi told Kompas TV, adding the military is investigating the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wahyu Yudhayana, a second army spokesperson, said in a televised address the blast happened when officers were finishing their disposal of the ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation will include how civilians were allowed so close to the detonation site, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The area where the blast happened is in a field where such detonations are routinely conducted, Kristomei said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local residents typically gather after the disposals to collect scrap materials left by the detonations, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The area has been cleared to ensure safety in case of further explosions, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday&#8217;s blast is the second incident involving Indonesian military ammunition in little over a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March last year, a massive fire broke out at an Indonesian&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/massive-fire-breaks-out-indonesian-ammunition-storage-facility-detikcom-says-2024-03-30\/\">military depot<\/a>&nbsp;storing expired ammunition near Jakarta, causing a series of explosions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) JAKARTA, May 12 &#8211; Thirteen people died in a blast during a disposal of expired military ammunition in Indonesia&#8217;s West Java on Monday, army officials told local media, the second incident involving expired ammunition in the country in little over a year. Nine of the victims were civilians while four were military personnel, military spokesperson Kristomei Sianturi told Kompas TV, adding the military is investigating the cause of the incident. Wahyu Yudhayana, a second army spokesperson, said in a televised address the blast happened when officers were finishing their disposal of the ammunition. The investigation will include how civilians&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46965,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46961\/revisions\/46965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}