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| Police search Islamic study group members |
| 2009-07-26 |
| [Jakarta Post] Yogyakarta police's bomb squad conducted a search on members of an Islamic study group on Saturday in a move aimed at detecting the movement of terror suspects following two hotel bombings in Jakarta last week. Hundreds of participants of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah study group who came from regions across the country had to go through a metal detector as they were entering the Manunggal Grand Mosque in Bantul regency. The police also searched their bags. "We examined the participants to prevent unwanted incidents such as the infiltration of dangerous people," Bantul police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Stephen M. Napiun said. He added the organizers of the activity had received approval from the National Police Headquarters and the Bantul regent, but he deemed the search was necessary. Bantul police operational chief Comr. Surya Atatmaja said the precautionary measures were conducted to restrict the movement of terror suspects and to detect possible terror activities. The search came after the National Police's counter-terrorism squad sifted through the Kumendaman area in Yogyakarta to locate the most wanted terror suspect, Noordin M. Top, who reportedly fled to the town along with Bahrudin Latief alias Baridin. The squad had previously raided Bahrudin's house in the Central Java town of Cilacap and found explosives and materials to make a bomb. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION WORLD AFFAIRS BOARD > SEPARATISTS MOVEMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES/PHILIPPINES AT SERIOUS THREAT FROM [Indonesian] JI MILITANT GROUP. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-07-26 21:34 |