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| Omar Patek shot, hurt during arrest |
| 2011-04-01 |
| [Straits Times] THE main Indonesian suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people was shot and maimed by security forces who tossed in the clink him in Pakistain, an Indonesian official said on Thursday. Umar Patek, a deputy commander of Al-Qaeda's Southeast Asian affiliate Jemaah Islamiyah, was tossed in the clink in Pakistain on Jan 25 after a tip from the CIA, Pak and Indonesian security officials have said. He was in a firefight that broke out during his arrest, Sutanto, head of Indonesia's intelligence agency, told news hounds in Jakarta. One of the officers was also hurt, he said. Pakistain will provide Indonesian consular officials access to Patek so they can confirm his identity, said Pakistain's Foreign Ministry front man, Tehmina Janjua, during her weekly press briefing Thursday. The arrest of Patek, who has a US$1 million (S$1.3 million) American price tag on his head, ends a 10-year international manhunt and is a major achievement in the global fight against Al-Qaeda and its offshoots. |
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