Jakarta – A grenade exploded in front of a hotel in Peunayong in the Aceh capital of Banda Aceh on Friday at approximately 6:00 a.m. Friday, immolating one car and damaging two others but injuring noone.

Banda Aceh Police chief Sr. Comr. Samsul Bachri said whoever threw the weapon has not been identified. "We have yet to determine the type of grenade. The North Sumatra forensics team is on its way here," he said, as quoted by Antara news agency.

Samsul said one of the parked cars bore the logo of the Aceh Party, a local political party whose members are mostly former combatants from the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM). "We are still investigating the motive for the blast," he said.

In September last year, a grenade was set off in front of that party's headquarters in the city. The police have yet to determined who perpetrated that incident. (dre)