Police name 3 suspects, offer Rp 1b for tip-offs<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Police named on Tuesday three suspects in Thursday's bomb attack
\nin front of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and confirmed the
\nlast two of the nine dead, who had been identified as Armansyah
\nPutra and Martinus Sitania, were not the bombers.<\/p>\n
National Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung
\nSudjono identified the three bombing suspects as Akbar, Kobra and
\nSudadi and confirmed Armansyah and Martinus were victims in the
\nblast.<\/p>\n
\"We are now examining 117 small tissue fragments left after
\nthe remains of Armansyah and Martinus were taken (from the Kramat
\nJati Police Hospital in East Jakarta) by their families. We
\nsuspect that these body parts belong to at least one perpetrator
\nof the blast. However, we must wait for the DNA analysis before
\ndeciding on the number of perpetrators,\" Suyitno said.<\/p>\n
The latest information means there were a total of nine
\nvictims killed in the blast, while least 10 people, including one
\nor more perpetrators, died in the attack.<\/p>\n
Police and media had earlier speculated body fragments found
\nafter the attack, including those of Armansyah and Martinus,
\nbelonged to the bombers.<\/p>\n
Suyitno said police came up with the names of three suspects
\nafter finding out all had written letters to their families
\nstating they were ready to conduct suicide bombings across the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n
\"We took blood samples from three families that had received
\nletters from the three suspects a few months before the blast. We
\nhave been matching DNA in these samples with the 117 body
\nfragments found since Saturday. It will take a week to complete
\nthe examination,\" he said.<\/p>\n
National Police Director of Counter-terror Division Brig. Gen.
\nPranowo Dahlan said police had concluded some the fragments had
\nto have belonged to the perpetrators because someone had to be
\ndriving the van.<\/p>\n
Suyitno refused to release any of the suspected bombers'
\nfamily names or the location of their families' homes but said he
\nhad sent officers to Surakarta to find out more about the
\nbombing.<\/p>\n
In Sukaharjo, Surakarta, in April, police arrested five of
\neight suspects allegedly involved in planning and preparing the
\nBali bombings and the JW Marriott Hotel attack. They said those
\narrested were new recruits of the al-Qaeda-linked terror group
\nJamaah Islamiyah.<\/p>\n
A high ranking police officer, however, told The Jakarta Post
\nthat at least 10 new suicide bombers, recruited by two Malaysian
\nfugitives, bomb experts Azahari bin Husin and Noordin Moh. Top,
\nremained at large.<\/p>\n
Both Azahari and Noordin are believed to have masterminded the
\n2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people and last year's
\nMarriott attack that claimed 12 lives.<\/p>\n
The authorities have warned that Azahari, Noordin and their
\nfollowers are armed with explosives and planning fresh attacks
\nahead of the 20 September run off elections.<\/p>\n
Police screened on Saturday footage of the embassy explosion
\ncaptured by two closed circuit television cameras. It showed a
\nwhite Daihatsu van they believe carried the bomb.<\/p>\n
Later, police said the van was a 1990 model and announced they
\nhad been able to trace the vehicle's chassis number.<\/p>\n
Suyitno said police were now hunting down the last owner of
\nthe van after retrieving information from a previous owner,
\nidentified only as ES.<\/p>\n
They believed finding the final owner of the van was the key
\nto capturing the other members of the terror group, he said.<\/p>\n
Suyitno said police would soon disseminate pictures of the
\nthree suspects across the country.<\/p>\n
\"We will pay a price of Rp 1 billion for information leading
\nto the capture of either Azahari or Noordin, and Rp 500 million
\nfor information about each of the other three suspects,\" he said.<\/p>",
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