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Bomb threats have been made to the Australian and United States Embassies in Indonesia as the executions of three Bali bombers loom.
Police said a threatening text message had been sent to the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.
The US Embassy also said a threat had been received and
it was being taken seriously. "We are working closely with the Indonesian police," an embassy spokesman said.
Indonesian police spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira confirmed the threats were made via text message.
He said police had searched the perimeter of the Australian Embassy after the threat was received.
"We are investigating. We are tracking who sent the sms, but nothing has been found so far."
The Indonesian news site detik.com said Australian officials had told police they would conduct their own internal sweep.
The Australian Embassy would not comment, referring questions to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra.
A Foreign Affairs spokesman said he could not comment on specific details of embassy security.
But he said such a threat was not unexpected in the present circumstances and the embassy was keeping in close contact with the Indonesian authorities at all times.
The department is urging its nationals to reconsider travel to Bali and other parts of Indonesia because of a very high threat of terrorist attack.
Noting the imminent execution of the Bali bombers, the department warned that Australians who continued with travel plans needed to exercise extreme caution.
It said officials continued to receive reports that terrorists planned attacks against a range of targets, including Western interests and places frequented by foreigners. Bali and Jakarta were thought priority targets.
"Australians should exercise a high level of vigilance and personal security awareness at all times."
The threats came as Indonesia's Attorney General's Office rejected reports that the executions had been due to go ahead early yesterday but were delayed at the last minute. The Indonesian newspaper Radar Banyumas said a new schedule had been set after the cancellation of a previous execution plan.
A source on the bombers' prison island said the delay was to avoid "politicking from some parties" and that a fresh appeal by the bombers' families was not a factor in the delay.
"The new schedule has been issued and it's in the hands of the executor in the field," the source said.
But Jasman Pandjaitan of the Attorney General's Office said the exact timing of the executions was up to those who were to carry them out.
Mukhlas, his younger brother Amrozi and Imam Samudra are to be executed for their lead roles in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
- AAP, NZ HERALD STAFF