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| Southeast Asia |
| Bali bomb-making cache found |
| 2002-12-16 |
| Indonesian police have seized one tonne of a bomb making chemical used in the Bali attacks. Police said they found 40 sacks of potassium chlorate, which is used in fireworks and can be used for making bombs, during a raid on a house in Banjar Wati, East Java. The house belongs to a friend of Amrozi, under arrest for his part in the attacks, which killed over 180 people. With friends like this..... Last month, a member of the multinational investigation into the Bali blasts expressed concern that most of the chlorate purchased by the Bali suspects for the attack was still missing. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said at the time, "The indications are that there was about one tonne of chlorate" bought by Amrozi. A police spokesman in East Java, Sad Harunantyo, said authorities were currently interrogating the owner of the house where the chlorate was found. "One thing we know for sure is that he is a friend of Amrozi, but he claims that he had no knowledge of the contents of the package," Mr Harunantyo told AFP news agency. Didn't think to ask what was in the one ton package labled "No Smoking - Explosive" in his garage. There are at least 15 people under arrest in suspicion of involvement in the Bali attacks. The chief of the investigation, I Made Mangku Pastika, told the BBC that there were a further five suspects still at large. He said that he hoped to have the dossiers for each of the arrested suspects completed by the end of the year, and that their trials could begin as early as February. Wonder if Court TV will cover it? |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 I Made Mangku Pastika? U Make This Up? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2002-12-16 15:42:15 |