Paras Indonesia, 02, 21 2006 @ 07:01 pm
14 Suspects Detained in 2nd Bali Bombings
Posted by: Roy Tupai
Fourteen people have been detained as suspects in the October 1, 2005, triple
suicide bombings that killed 23 people and injured 196 others on the resort island of
Bali, police said Monday (20/2/06).
Bali Police spokesman Senior Commissioner A.S. Reniban said 10 of the suspects
had been transferred to National Police headquarters in Jakarta for further questioning,
while four are being held in Bali.
Several other suspects remain at large, including Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top,
who is believed to have played key roles in a series of deadly bomb attacks over
recent years.
Reniban said four “suspects” had been killed: the three suicide bombers, as well as
Malaysian bomb-maker Azahari bin Husin, who was shot dead in a police raid on his
East Java hideout in November.
He said the four being held in Bali are Anif Sulhanudin alias Pendek (24), Abdul Azis
(30), Dwi Widianto alias Wiwid (31), and Mohamad Cholili alias Yahya (28). The first
three are all from Central Java, while Cholili is from Malang, East Java.
Asked when they would be handed to the public prosecutor’s office to face trial,
Reniban police were preparing dossiers on four of them.
Of the 10 being held in Jakarta, six have been identified as Subur Sugiarto, Abu
Sayaf, Ardi Wibowo, Joko Suroso, Aditya Triyoga and Puji Sriyono.
Police have said Sugiarto helped Noordin to recruit suicide bombers. He is also said
to have been the cameraman for a videotape that showed the three bombers and
Noordin prior to the attack.
Sayaf allegedly provided guns that were used in a bank robbery to raise funds for the
bombings.
National Police chief General Sutanto has said Noordin’s detained associates told
police the Malaysian declared himself the leader of a new regional terrorist group
called Tandzim Qoedatul Jihad.
Noordin has previously been named as a member of regional terror network Jemaah
Islamiyah, which was responsible for the October 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that
killed 202 people.
National Police Detective chief Commissioner General Makbul Padmanegara said the
new group is probably an offshoot of Jemaah Islamiyah.
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