JP\/5\/bomb<\/p>\n
Police kill
\nterror suspect,
\nnab two others<\/p>\n
Apriadi Gunawan
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nMedan, North Sumatra<\/p>\n
North Sumatra Police said on Wednesday they had shot dead an
\nalleged Aceh separatist rebel and captured two others accused of
\nplanting bombs in the provincial capital of Medan.<\/p>\n
The two arrested on Tuesday night included Marzuki, the
\nalleged mastermind of the terror attack, who has been long under
\nthe police manhunt for bombing incidents in restive Aceh
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
The other arrested suspect was identified as Usman, while his
\naccomplice named as M. Nur was shot dead by the police as he
\ntried to escape during a raid in Belawan district, near Medan.<\/p>\n
Medan Police chief of detectives Adj. Comr. Maruli Siahaan
\nsaid Nur had actually been arrested in Belawan but tried to flee
\nwhen police officers were transporting him aboard a car.<\/p>\n
\"The police were then forced to shoot the suspect to weaken
\nhim. He died for serious bleeding while being brought to Pirngadi
\nHospital,\" he said.<\/p>\n
His body was still kept at the hospital, he added.<\/p>\n
Maruli said the three suspects were rounded up at their rented
\nhouse on Jl. Yacub, Medan.<\/p>\n
They were charged with a bombing near the Amplas junction on
\nJan. 5 on Jl. Sisingamangaraja, he said. No one was injured in
\nthe blast, which took place in an empty house.<\/p>\n
They were also responsible for another unexploded bomb, which
\nwas found hours later at the nearby Sukaramai market, Maruli
\nadded.<\/p>\n
Police said the two bombs were identical and equipped with
\ntimers, used wet batteries and were placed inside a
\n25-centimeter-long pipe.<\/p>\n
Adj. Sr. Comr. Mardi Rukmianto, who heads the antiterror team
\nwith the North Sumatra Police office, said the three suspects
\nwere captured following the earlier arrests of their six
\naccomplices -- Abdul Samat, 24, Syaifuddin, 31, Syaifullah, 30,
\nAnwar, 20, Idris Roni alias Pek Ri, 58, and Tengku Usman, 28.<\/p>\n
Mardi said two of the six suspects had confessed to detonating
\nthe homemade bomb at the Amplas junction and planting another
\nbomb at the Sukaramai market.<\/p>\n
They also admitted to have planned to plant a third bomb in
\nMedan before they were arrested.<\/p>\n
\"We are investigating to find where the third bomb is being
\nkept. The police believe that it is stored by Marzuki,\" Mardi
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Medan Police chief Sr. Comr. Bagus Kurniawan said
\nthe six suspects confessed to planning the attack on the orders
\nof Marzuki, the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leader for North Aceh.<\/p>\n
Marzuki was also allegedly involved in the 2003 blast at the
\nMedan mayor's office.<\/p>\n
That blast was believed to be masterminded by Medan Deli's
\nGAM leader Abdul Wahal, Bagus said.<\/p>\n
He said police believed Abdul Samat and Syaifuddin were also
\ninvolved in many other bombings in East Aceh.<\/p>\n
Police had sufficient evidence to prove all six suspects were
\nGAM members, he said.<\/p>\n
Syaifuddin, interviewed by The Jakarta Post on Tuesday,
\nadmitted to have been involved in the blasts in East Aceh and
\nAmplas but denied he was a GAM member. He said he took part in
\nthe bombings for money.<\/p>\n
\"I was given Rp 100,000 (US$12) by Marzuki after the homemade
\nbomb exploded at the Amplas crossroad area,\" Syaifuddin said,
\nadding that he was assigned to detonate the bomb after it was
\nassembled by others.<\/p>\n
Another suspect, Anwar, told a similar story, saying he was
\ngiven Rp 100,000 by Marzuki after planting the bomb at the
\nSukaramai market.<\/p>",
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