When Indonesian and Australian authorities followed up on information from a raid two weeks ago, they discovered a gigantic stockpile of explosives, far more than was used in the Bali nightclub bombings. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

INDONESIAN and Australian authorities say they have prevented a terrorist attack larger than the Bali bombings and targeted at public officials after they uncovered a huge cache of explosives.

The seizures followed raids in Yogyakarta two weeks ago that resulted in one death and six arrests. Two more men were subsequently arrested, leading to more searches. The searches led to the seizure of 20 improvised explosive devices, 730 kilograms of explosive materials, 45 kilograms of TNT and nearly 200 detonators.

More than a thousand rounds of ammunition, electronic circuitry and a cache of weapons were also uncovered.

Indonesia’s police chief, General Sutanto, said the material could have created a bomb far larger than the ones that ripped through Bali’s nightclubs in 2002, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians.