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| Southeast Asia |
| Bali suspect sez he dunnit... |
| 2002-11-07 |
| Indonesian police say a man they are questioning has admitted involvement in the bomb attack that killed nearly 200 people at a Bali nightclub last month. National police chief Da'i Bachtiar said the man, whom he identified only as Amrozi, was the owner of the minivan used in the 12 October attack on the holiday island. Asked if Amrozi had parked the minivan packed with explosives outside the Sari Club, Mr Bachtiar said: "The group has several people with a division of labour, certainly including Amrozi, who admitted going there and dividing up tasks". The BBC's South-East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head says Amrozi appears to have acted as a field coordinator in the bombing. Wonder if he's a runner or a controller? If he's a controller, he's a pretty good catch. If he's a runner, the controller behind him will be the good catch... Amrozi was flown to Bali from East Java on Wednesday for questioning. Mr Bachtiar said he had provided "lots of information". "Lots of information" can be his shoe size and whether he likes cherry pie — or he could be singing like Pavarotti. Hope it's the latter... According to a local television report, Amrozi was arrested at an Islamic boarding school in the town of Tenggulun. The head of the school, Dzakaria, said Amrozi had attended a speech at the school by the 64-year-old radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, who is now being held at a police hospital in Jakarta. Natch. But he's not involved, of course... Amrozi "sometimes came to my school to conduct prayer with us," said Mr Dzakaria. With close to 200 dead, he's obviously a very devout Muslim... Thanks to Steve for the link... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
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| Posted by: Tripartite 2002-11-07 20:17:21 |