US warns of Indonesia terror threat

The US warned Americans today that Indonesia was unsafe for them and other Westerners in the aftermath of an Indonesian police raid in which one of the most-wanted terrorists in south-east Asia died.

Police said Azahari bin Husin, a Malaysian, blew himself up, apparently to avoid arrest, during the November 9 raid on a suspected terrorist hideout in Malang, a resort town on Java island. The resort is south east of Jakarta, the capital, and south of Suribaya.