A man whose severed head was found at the site of this week's Marriott bombing had been recruited by a Southeast Asian terror group linked to al-Qaida to carry out the attack, police said Friday.
"Mahmoud, is that your head?"
"Nope. I got mine. How 'bout you?"
"Uhhhh... Nope. I got mine. Must be his." |
U.S. officials warned that the attackers might target Americans next. Two jailed members of Jemaah Islamiyah identified a photo of the head and admitted recruiting the man, said Indonesian chief of detectives Erwin Mappaseng. The man drove the explosive-packed van that detonated outside the Marriott on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding nearly 150. The identification, if confirmed, would provide the clearest link between the hotel attack and Jemaah Islamiyah. The two Jemaah members identified the man as Asmar Latin Sani, a 28-year-old from the island of Sumatra, "based on a scar on his left temple," Mappaseng told reporters.
| Not as noticeable as the one where his neck used to be... |
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