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| Southeast Asia |
| Indonesian police pursue Bali bombing bomb maker |
| 2003-01-28 |
| Jakarta Post Indonesian police have launched a manhunt for a fugitive accused of assembling bombs used in the deadly Bali blasts last October and a series of attacks on churches across the country in 2000, national police chief General Da'i Bachtiar said Tuesday. Based on statements given by some key suspects in the Bali bombings, the police were convinced that Dulmatin, whose real name is Joko Pitono, built the bombs that were used in a series of terroristattacks, including the Bali blasts, Da'i said. "We are eager to immediately capture him. We have put Dulmatin on our list of prime targets," he said, which was quoted by dpa as saying. You never know when he's going to build a few more, do you? Earlier, police had accused the alleged mastermind of the Bali blasts, Imam Samudra, of ordering the Christmas Eve attacks on churches in Jakarta, Batam and West Nusa Tenggara, which killed at least 18 people two years ago. Da'i added that Abdul Jabar, a suspect in the church bombings on Christmas Eve 2000 who recently turned himself in to the police, also identified Dulmatin as the bomb assembler. Jabar, however, has not been linked to the Bali blasts. Seems like everybody else was, though... Dulmatin is among at least 10 more suspects in the Bali bombings still at large, although investigators believe he is still in the country. Hambali, on the other hand, is probably in Pakistan, yukking it up with his peers in Karachi or Quetta... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |