Police announce breakthrough in Bali probe<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta\/Denpasar<\/p>\n
Police investigating the Bali bombing have made a significant
\nbreakthrough with the identification of a suspect, believed to be
\na bomb expert, who is has fled his home and is evading police.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar told the House of
\nRepresentatives' Commission I on foreign and security affairs on
\nThursday, that information provided by the public after the
\nsketches of three men were released on Wednesday had led to the
\nidentification of the chubby East Javanese man wearing a pale
\ngreen shirt.<\/p>\n
Da'i said the man, after confirmation from various sources,
\nwas a bomb expert.<\/p>\n
\"When we traced him to his house soon after we got the
\ninformation, he had run away. We vow to hunt him down,\" he told
\nthe legislators.<\/p>\n
Earlier Thursday, Da'i said that in addition to the three men,
\ninvestigators had identified another man who was believed to have
\ndriven the vehicle containing the bomb to the Sari Club.<\/p>\n
\"We have identified that person ... The person is somewhere in
\nthe country,\" Da'i said.<\/p>\n
He also said police believed the suspects were only field
\noperators, not the brains behind the attacks that killed more
\nthan 190 people, mostly foreigners, and injured more than 300
\nothers.<\/p>\n
\"They use TNT, RDX, HDX and ammonium nitrate. Some of the
\nmaterials like RDX is not available here. It should have been
\nsmuggled in by the perpetrators,\" Da'i said.<\/p>\n
RDX is a component used in making C4 plastic explosive, which
\nis produced in the U.S. and difficult to find in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Because of this, some quarters in the country have accused the
\nU.S. of being behind the bombing, but U.S. Ambassador to
\nIndonesia Ralph L. Boyce has said the reports are inaccurate and
\nunhelpful.<\/p>\n
Others, including Minister of Defense Matori Abdul Djalil,
\nhave linked the Bali bombing to Jamaah Islamiyah and the al-Qaeda
\nterrorist network.<\/p>\n
Australian Security and Intelligence Organization (ASIO)
\ndirector Dennis Richardson on Thursday also blamed al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n
Police have not yet linked the bombing to any group.<\/p>\n
A nation-wide hunt was launched Thursday for the three
\npossible suspects and police have sent the sketches to Interpol.<\/p>\n
Police joint inquiry team spokesman Brig. Gen. Edward
\nAritonang said police across the country had set up special teams
\nto hunt down the suspects within their respective jurisdictions.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the joint inquiry team had also established a
\nteam of seasoned detectives tasked solely with tracking down and
\napprehending the suspects. This core team, whose numbers are not
\nknown, would work in unison with the teams from the regions.<\/p>\n
Aritonang said that after publication of the three sketches,
\npolice had received numerous tips and information from the
\npublic.<\/p>\n
\"We appreciate all the information provided by the public, and
\nwe are scrutinizing that information,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He also denied reports that police had arrested a man
\nidentified as Rozali in West Nusa Tenggara. \"We have not made any
\narrest yet.\"<\/p>",
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