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| Southeast Asia |
| Bali bomber found in shallow grave |
| 2008-02-18 |
| THE terrorist who built the bombs used in the 2002 Bali atrocity is believed to have been killed in the Philippines. The body of a man thought to be Indonesian bomb expert Dulmatin, one of those behind the Bali bombings, was recovered from a shallow grave in the island of Tawi-tawi, said Major General Ben Dolorfino. He is believed to have built the devices used in the 2002 Bali atrocity, in which 202 people were killed including 88 Australians. "As of now, we are conducting DNA test to confirm if it is really his body," said Maj-Gen Dolorfino. An informant had led them to the grave. "Based on the description of the informant, (Dulmatin) suffered gunshots in the head, chest and right foot," Maj-Gen Dolorfino said. The US Government has offered a US$10 million ($10.8m) bounty for Dulmatin, who has been hiding out in the southern Philippines with local militants for most of the past five years. Dulmatin was reported to have been wounded in a clash with government troops in the south on January 31. Dulmatin, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, has eluded the Philippine military and their US advisers for years, although security forces found his wife in 2006 and their children the following year in a rebel hideout in the Philippine south. They have since been deported to Indonesia. Dulmatin, a leading member of Jemaah Islamiah, was believed to have fled to the southern Philippines in 2003 with Umar Patek, another JI member, after both were implicated in the Bali blasts. Both Dulmatin and Patek had been working with members of Abu Sayyaf, a Philippine group responsible for the bombing of a ferry close to Manila in 2004 that killed more than 100 people in the Philippines' worst militant attack. Foreign Islamic militants have a history of helping to train militant Muslims in the southern Philippines, a largely Catholic country, in bomb-making techniques. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Ahhh...too bad, too sad. unfortunately two cockroaches will likely pop up to replace him. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-02-18 23:11 |
| #1 hopefully discovered by feral pigs? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-18 21:33 |