The al-Qaeda-linked network that carried out the nightclub bombings on Bali is planning to strike international schools in Jakarta, the New York Timeshas reported.
The plan to attack Western students at the schools in Indonesia was uncovered in the past few days, and officials said the schools would be closed until at least Wednesday, the newspaper said in its online edition today.
Officials declined to say how they had learned of the plot, but the United States and Australia have stepped up intelligence gathering in Indonesia since the Bali attack, which killed more than 180 people, the newspaper said.
Based on information from Western intelligence agencies, diplomats said the planned attack was directed primarily at the Jakarta International School, which has 2,500 students - about a third are Americans - the paper said.
Diplomats told the New York Timesthe Australian and British schools also plan to close until Indonesian police provide adequate security.