Bombing cases reenacted<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Two men alledged to have taken part in last year's Christmas
\nbombing campaign in Jakarta, have helped police recreate attacks
\non the Atrium Plaza and a catholic high school.<\/p>\n
\"The reconstructions are needed to complete the police reports
\nbefore all documents are brought to court,\" City Police spokesman
\nSr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Anton said the reconstructions presented Malaysian citizens
\nDani, alias Taufik Abdullah, and alledged confessed serial bomber
\nAbas, alias Edi Sutiono, as the prime suspects in the bombings.<\/p>\n
It is alledged that on Aug. 1 Dani brought a bomb wrapped in a
\nplastic bag, and stood near a column in the west lobby of the
\nAtrium Plaza, Central Jakarta awaiting a signal from four friends
\nincluding Abas.<\/p>\n
But, before the bomb was planted, it exploded and injured six
\npeople at the scene, including Dani whose right leg has since
\nbeen amputated.<\/p>\n
The bomb was intended for a bus load of Christians holding a
\nreligious gathering at the Aston hotel adjacent to the plaza.<\/p>\n
Based on Dani's testimony, police tracked down the other
\nsuspects, including Abas who was arrested on Sep. 12 in
\nTasikmalaya, West Java.<\/p>\n
Following Abas' arrest, the police arrested 12 other suspects
\nundergoing military-style training in Pandeglang, West Java.<\/p>\n
All of the suspects belonged to the Jihad squad of a Mujahidin
\ngroup based in Malaysia, police said.<\/p>\n
Police said Abas had admitted that he was involved in the
\nbombings of several churches in the capital around Christmas last
\nyear, which claimed 19 lives.<\/p>\n
In Wednesday's reconstruction of the Christmas-day bombing in
\nfront of Kolese Kanisius, a Catholic high school in Menteng, Abas
\nand another suspect were dropped off at Gambir railway station in
\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n
From Gambir, they took a three-wheeled pedicab, bajaj, but
\nseperated with Abas heading to Kolese Kanisius while the second
\nman made his way to a church he has since admitted bombing.<\/p>\n
It is alledged Abas went to Kolese Kanisius on foot and put
\ntwo bombs wrapped in black plastic bags under two parked cars.<\/p>\n
Anton said thus far, police believed the Malaysia-based
\nMujahidin was behind the Christmas attacks.<\/p>\n
The group, however, were not linked to the Plaza Atrium
\nbombing and the recent attack on Petra church in North Jakarta as
\npolice alleged the Free Aceh Movement and another radical group
\nrespectively were behind the bombings.<\/p>",
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