Indonesia plays down U.S. consulate attack .  JAKARTA 1996-08-29  Indonesia sought on Thursday to play down a fire bomb attack on a [START_ENT] U.S. [END_ENT] consulate earlier this week , saying it was being treated as a criminal rather than a political act , the official Antara news agency said .  The police are still investigating the incident .  It is evident the happening is not politically motivated but just an ordinary criminal act , the news agency quoted East Java military commander Major-General Utomo as saying .  The Tuesday morning attack on the consulate in Indonesias second largest city of Surabaya , caused slight damage to a guard house before being quickly extinguished , a spokesman at the U.S. embassy in Jakarta , 700 km ( 430 miles ) west of Surabaya , said on Wednesday .  No one was injures , he said .  Nobody should try and exaggerate it by calling it a bomb because it was just a molotov cocktail , Utomo said .  He said police were investigating the incident and patrols around diplomatic offices in Surabaya would be stepped up .
Indonesia plays down U.S. consulate attack .  JAKARTA 1996-08-29  Indonesia sought on Thursday to play down a fire bomb attack on a
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consulate earlier this week , saying it was being treated as a criminal rather than a political act , the official Antara news agency said .  The police are still investigating the incident .  It is evident the happening is not politically motivated but just an ordinary criminal act , the news agency quoted East Java military commander Major-General Utomo as saying .  The Tuesday morning attack on the consulate in Indonesias second largest city of Surabaya , caused slight damage to a guard house before being quickly extinguished , a spokesman at the U.S. embassy in Jakarta , 700 km ( 430 miles ) west of Surabaya , said on Wednesday .  No one was injures , he said .  Nobody should try and exaggerate it by calling it a bomb because it was just a molotov cocktail , Utomo said .  He said police were investigating the incident and patrols around diplomatic offices in Surabaya would be stepped up .
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