Indonesian police have confirmed the arrest of four men wanted in connection with the suicide attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in September. The suspects were arrested November 5 in west Java province, police chief General Dai Bachtiar said. The sources had said the field co-ordinator of the embassy suicide blast, Rois, known also as Iwan Darmawan, was among those detained. He was arrested with five other suspects shortly after midnight on November 10 in West Java's Merak port, the report said. The Rakyat Merdeka newspaper said another top JI figure, Dulmatin, had also been arrested in a police swoop. Dulmatin, alias Noval, is an electronics expert known in JI as "the genius" and who attended bomb making classes under Azahari.| "The genius." Is that the same rank as "mastermind?" |
Dulmatin, a 39-year-old, reportedly executed the bombing by recruiting people from the provinces in Sumatra for the suicide operation and deploying surveillance teams. The other two arrestees were Abu Dujana and Jabir - both relatively minor players. The Kompas newspaper also said police had come close to arresting Azahari on several occasions. Traffic police had pulled him over three times but failed to recognise him, the daily said. |