The Jakarta Post, April 06, 2005
Policeman charged over church blast
JAKARTA: A middle-ranking police officer, Adj. Comr. Saleh Iskandar, who has been
declared a suspect for his alleged role in last December's church bombing and
shooting attacks in Palu, Central Sulawesi, will be charged with negligence causing
death.
National police spokesman Insp. Gen. Aryanto Boedihardjo said that Saleh had
admitted that the gun, which was used to spray bullets into the congregation inside
the church, belonged to him.
But Saleh claimed that he had not used the gun for years, and that he kept it in his
house. He said that his wife might have taken the gun and given it to someone else.
Aryanto said that Saleh's wife had not yet told them to whom she gave the gun, and
that police were still questioning both suspects about their role in the Palu incident.
Previously, Central Sulawesi police conducted ballistic tests on bullets found in the
vicinity of the church, with the test results matching Saleh's gun. -- JP
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