Night of Terror

Two bombs rocked the Kampung Melayu bus station, which was guarded by police. Suspicious people were seen lurking about two days before the incident.

May 30, 2017

For nearly two hours, over a dozen police had gathered in front of the restroom across the Transjakarta bus stop at Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, last week. Erna Boru Naban, who sells instant coffee about 20 meters from the police, felt anxious. Usually there were not so many of them there. "One person thought there was going to be a police raid," said Erna, recalling the Thursday incident, last week.

That night, Erna, 53, worked harder than usua

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