JP1\/1\/TERROR<\/p>\n
Azahari's disciples still on the loose: Police chief<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post
\nMalang\/Majalengka\/Bandung\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Police chief Gen. Sutanto warned people on Wednesday to remain
\nvigilant as disciples of master bombmaker Azahari bin Husin were
\nstill on the loose.<\/p>\n
Azahari, who was killed in a police raid last week, had
\ntrained several followers, many of whom had not been caught,
\nwhich worries police investigators, Sutanto said in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"His cohorts have already learned to make bombs, although not
\nat a level of sophistication as Azahari,\" explained Sutanto, as
\nquoted by Agence France Presse.<\/p>\n
He said the police had found a video showing Azahari teaching
\na group of people bombmaking skills.<\/p>\n
Separately, Sutanto's aide Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika
\ncommented that the master bombmaker had trained at least 40
\nsuicide bombers to carry out a series of terror attacks around
\nChristmas time.<\/p>\n
The number of bombers was based on police findings after the
\nraid on Azahari's rented house in the quiet town of Batu, East
\nJava. The police discovered dozens of explosive devices at the
\nhouse, Pastika said.<\/p>\n
\"We have to always be on alert as these people are ready to
\ndie,\" said Pastika, the chief of the Bali Police, who was
\ninvolved in the probe of the 2002 Kuta nightclub attacks, which
\nkilled over 200 people. Azahari's group -- as part of the Jamaah
\nIslamiyah terror network -- have been blamed for that and a
\nnumber of other high-profile terror attacks in the country.<\/p>\n
The most recent terror act attributed to his group was the
\ntriple suicide bombing in Bali six weeks ago. That attack, at
\nthree separate restaurants, killed 23 people.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, police officers continued the manhunt on Monday for
\nAzahari's key accomplice Noordin Mohd. Top and other suspected
\nterrorists.<\/p>\n
The Police antiterror squad, helped by local police units,
\ntracked down members of the Azahari cells to the regencies of
\nTrenggalek and Nganjuk in East Java, while in Malang, police
\nworked with local government officials in scouring residential
\nareas near Azahari's rented house. In addition to the manhunt,
\ntop police officers in East Java have also warned all police
\nofficers in the area to remain on high alert.<\/p>\n
Officers are also still looking for weapons caches after a tip
\nby a former colleague of Azahari's -- Nurkosim.<\/p>\n
National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Soenarko said in Jakarta
\nthe police were still questioning Nurkosim, who is believed to
\nhave worked with Azahari, but has been in prison in Madiun, East
\nJava since 2000 on charges of financial fraud.<\/p>\n
Separately in Bandung, deputy chief of the National Police
\nComr. Gen. Adang Darajatun called on the public to revive an old
\nsecurity rule, which obliges anybody entering a community to
\nreport to the neighborhood unit head if he or she stays in
\nrespective neighborhood for over 24 hours.<\/p>\n
\"Indonesia is vast and the police need people to help locate
\nthe terrorists,\" said Adang.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in Majalengka, West Java, relatives of alleged
\nterrorist Muhammad Salik agreed to allow the government to keep
\nSalik's body if would aid their investigation. Salik was believed
\nto be one of the three Oct. 1 Bali suicide bombers.<\/p>\n
The family's lawyer, Emi Klanawidjaja, said they would not
\ndemand that the government return Salik's remains.<\/p>",
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