Main suspect in Bali blasts identified, police say<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta\/Bali<\/p>\n
National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Tuesday that
\nthe police had identified the main perpetrator behind the Bali
\nbombings that killed almost 200 people, from a final sketch of
\nthe suspect.<\/p>\n
"Connections have been established between the evidence found
\nat the bomb site with evidence collected from other sources. All
\nthe evidence points to someone who we have made a complete
\ncomposite drawing of," Da'i said.<\/p>\n
Da'i said police were hunting down the suspect. He said one of
\nthe three sketches produced by the police based on information
\nfrom witnesses was very similar to an original photo the police
\nhad on file.<\/p>\n
Da'i declined to reveal the suspect's whereabouts, but hinted
\nthat he was staying outside Bali.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the head of the joint inquiry team, Insp. Gen. I
\nMade Mangku Pastika, confirmed Da'i's statement that the police
\nhad concluded that this person was a suspect.<\/p>\n
"We are hunting this person down. He is Indonesian and he is
\nthe main player (in the bombing) as well as the one who made the
\nbomb," Pastika said.<\/p>\n
Pastika also said that the police had finished its preliminary
\ninvestigation of the crime scene and had interrogated all the
\nwitnesses.<\/p>\n
"Just wait for the new developments. Our analysis (of the data
\ngathered) is still under way," said Pastika.<\/p>\n
Pastika is scheduled to brief the media on Wednesday on the
\npolice's progress in the investigation.<\/p>\n
Last week, the police brought dozens of witnesses back to the
\nblast site in Kuta on Friday to reconstruct the events leading up
\nto the attack.<\/p>\n
A multinational team, comprising more than 100 officers from
\nAustralia, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Japan,
\nhave joined the National Police in investigating the bombing.<\/p>\n
Allegations have been directed at Jamaah Islamiyah, which is
\nbelieved to be a Southeast Asian ally of al-Qaeda, but no
\nsuspects have been arrested.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) center
\nmanaged to identify 14 more bodies, bringing the number of
\nidentified victims to 100. The bodies of nine Australians, two
\nBritons, one German, one Swiss and one Danish were positively
\nidentified.<\/p>",
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