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| Southeast Asia |
| New Suspects Named |
| 2002-11-14 |
| Authorities on Wednesday named four more suspects in the Bali nightclub bombings. The prime suspect Amrozi, a mechanic from East Java, last week confessed to his involvement in the October 12 blasts. Police on Tuesday named three of his brothers, Ali Imron, Ali Fauzi and Mukhlas, also as suspects. "There are many other suspects...Idris, Hudama also known as Imam Samudra, Umar and another Umar," National Police chief General Dai Bachtiar was quoted as saying by Reuters. The exact roles played by these men in the bombings has not yet been revealed. Yep. Takes a while to sort things out, especially with some powerful politicos looking over your shoulder... Amrozi reportedly met several times with Imam Samudra and Idris in the Central Java city of Solo in late August and early September to discuss the bomb plot. Samudra was apparently the one who gave orders to Amrozi. The Indons said early on that the attack was run by a Malay — that would be Samudra — and a Yemeni... Amrozi admitted to involvement in other bombings in Indonesia, including Ambon, Maluku province, but denied being an Islamic extremist, claiming he was merely a delinquent who had been led astray by radicals. However, he did admit to being strongly influenced by his brothers, two of whom had taught at the Al-Islam Islamic boarding school in their hometown of Tenggulun, East Java. They would be the "radicals"... The suspect also said he idolized radical Islamic clerics Abu Bakar Baasyir and Jafar Umar Thalib. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |