The Cross

 

Ambon Berdarah On-Line
News & Pictures About Ambon/Maluku Tragedy

 

 


 

 

 

The Jakarta Post


The Jakarta Post, 11/11/ 2005 18:10:29

Bali bombers said they would go to heaven in video message

JAKARTA (Agencies): Indonesian police said Friday they had found a video message from the three Bali bombers defending their attacks which killed 20 people last month and saying they would go to heaven.

"The video contains the confession of the three suicide bombers explaining why they were prepared to carry out the suicide bombings," National Police Chief Gen. Sutanto said.

"They said their action was for a noble cause and they would go to heaven," Sutanto told a press conference after a cabinet meeting.

The video, which has not been publicly released, was found at the hideout of fugitive Malaysian terror suspect Noordin Mohammad Top in the Central Java city of Semarang on Wednesday after the arrest of an alleged accomplice, police said.

Noordin is one of Asia's most wanted terrorist suspects.

The discovery of the video came just hours before police raided a house in neighboring East Java province and killed Noordin's colleague and compatriot, bombmaker Azahari Husin, another most-wanted militant.

"We will distribute this video to religious leaders so that they can help in countering this false belief that you can go to heaven by killing others along with yourself," Sutanto said.

Sutanto said two of the three bombers had been identified as Salik Firdaus and Misno, but gave no further details about them. Police on Thursday had identified two men only by their initials and said they were from Java island. (**)

All contents copyright © of The Jakarta Post.
 


Copyright © 1999-2002 - Ambon Berdarah On-Line * http://www.go.to/ambon
HTML page is designed by
Alifuru67 * http://www.oocities.org/haroekoe
Send your comments to alifuru67@yahoogroups.com
This web site is maintained by the Real Ambonese - 1364283024 & 1367286044