Police arrest five more Medan blast suspects<\/p>\n
Tiarma Siboro and Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta\/Medan<\/p>\n
The police have arrested five more people suspected of
\ninvolvement in the recent bomb blasts in Medan, capital of North
\nSumatra province, blaming the two incidents on the Free Aceh
\nMovement (GAM).<\/p>\n
The five were GAM field commander for the Medan\/Deli region
\nAbdul Wahab, alias Abu Geudeung, alias Abu; Rakum Sudjono; Tengku
\nAbid Djohan, alias Ampun; Ridwan Yusuf and Said Tengku Azhar.<\/p>\n
Said was believed to have led the small group in purchasing
\nexplosive materials, assembling the explosives and placing them
\nat two different sites in the city.<\/p>\n
Chief of detectives at the National Police Headquarters Comr.
\nGen. Erwin Mappaseng said in Jakarta on Thursday that Abdul, 52,
\nwas arrested at his home in Peurelak, East Aceh, on Wednesday
\nmorning.<\/p>\n
"Abdul Wahab planned the bombing and it was part of the
\ngroup's move to cause disruption, both in Aceh and North
\nSumatra," he said, citing that the police in Medan had previously
\narrested two bombing suspects.<\/p>\n
Erwin said that the police were still seeking six more
\nsuspects.<\/p>\n
The first bombing occurred on March 31 at the Medan mayor's
\noffice, damaging three cars parked at the office, while the
\nsecond took place at a pipeline installation near Deli seaport.<\/p>\n
The police in Medan seized from Wahab two computers, four hand
\ngrenades, two guns, four magazines, 18 bullets and a bag with GAM
\ndocuments, while from the remaining four suspects captured in the
\ncity, the police confiscated a mobile phone, identity cards,
\ndriver's licenses and cash worth Rp 549,000.<\/p>\n
North Sumatra Police chief Insp. Gen. Dewa Astika said that
\nthe five had been arrested after the police had interrogated an
\noffice boy who worked at the Medan mayor's office because his
\nfingerprints were found on a bicycle believed to have been used
\nto transport the explosives to the office.<\/p>\n
"We shall continue with our investigations into the case in an
\nattempt to find out more about GAM networks and activities in the
\nprovince," he said.<\/p>\n
Upon his arrival at Medan police station on Wednesday, Wahab
\nconfessed his group had bombed the two sites in an attempt to
\ncreate disturbance in the province.<\/p>\n
"We spent Rp 1 million on making four bombs and still have two
\nmore in my house," he said, adding they had planned to use the
\ntwo remaining bombs in public places in the city.<\/p>\n
Wahab also admitted that his group had raised the funds from a
\nnumber of shipping businessmen in Aceh and Langkat regency, North
\nSumatra.<\/p>",
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