ABC AUSTRALIA, 08/06/2005, 22:35:03
Suspected key member of Jemaah Islamiah escapes injury in
house bomb
An explosion has rocked the house of a suspected key leader of the radical Jema'ah
Islamiah organisation near the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
The bomb went off in the yard of a house occupied by muslim preacher, Abu Jibril, his
wife and eleven children in the early hours of the morning.
No-one was hurt and Abu Jibril claims to have been at a local mosque at the time.
Our Indonesia correspondent, Tim Palmer says a timer, wires and low grade
explosives were found at the scene.
Abu Jibril, also known as Muhammad Iqbal bin Arrahman was detained in Malaysia for
two years under anti terrorism laws.
He's believed to have had a senior recruiting role in Jemaah Islamiah and may have
headed the Malaysian branch of the extremist group.
He was deported last year to Indonesia, where he was jailed for six months for
immigration offences.
JI has been blamed for a series of attacks in the region in recent years, including the
October 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people.
The blast caused jitters on Jakarta's stock exchange Wednesday amid a heightened
terrorist alert in the Indonesian capital.
Security has been stepped up at hotels, shopping malls and schools used by
Westerners, while foreign embassies including the United States and Australia have
issued alerts advising their citizens of a heightened danger.
© 2005 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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