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| Top's top aide and bodyguard recruiter busted |
| 2006-01-19 |
| Indonesian anti-terrorism police have detained a close aide to the country's most-wanted militant, Malaysian Noordin M. Top, a senior police source said on Thursday. "This is one of Noordin's boys from his inner circle," said the source, who declined to be identified and gave few details. The source said the man was detained in the central Java city of Semarang on Wednesday. One of his roles was to recruit bodyguards for Top, said the source. A police spokesman in central Java said he was aware of the detention of the aide but declined to give details. Top worked closely in Indonesia with fellow Malaysian Azahari bin Husin, who was killed in a police raid on his East Java hideout in November. Azahari was also a senior Jemaah Islamiah operative. Police say they almost caught Top hours before the November raid and he is thought to be still in Indonesia. ADDITIONAL: (AKI) - Indonesian police have arrested two suspected aides of the country's most wanted terrorist, Noordin Mohammed Top, considered responsible for the bloodiest attacks in the country including the 2002 Bali bombing which killed 202 people. Subur Sugiarto, also known as Abu Mujahid, who is accused of helping hide Noordin, was picked up aboard a Jakarta-bound bus in central Java, a police commander said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |