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JAKARTA: An explosion in the Muara Angke area of northern Jakarta on Friday was caused by a faulty car battery and not a bomb, the national police spokesman said.
"The explosion at Muara Angke was not a bomb. The explosion came from a pickup truck which had a faulty battery," police spokesman Nanan Soekarna said, adding that a passenger in the vehicle had been killed.
Senior police had earlier said the explosion was caused by a car bomb.
The blast in the northern part of the city came less than three hours after two bombs rocked the luxury Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in an upmarket area of downtown Jakarta, killing at least nine people.
- AFP/yt
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