Reenactment traces bomb assembly<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The explosives used in the bomb attack on the JW Marriott Hotel
\nin Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Aug. 5, had been assembled at
\na rented house on Jl. Kemuning Raya in Pasar Minggu, South
\nJakarta, say police investigators.<\/p>\n
This was revealed in the reenactment of the lead up to the
\nMarriott bombing on Tuesday at a house located beside a railway
\nline, with two terror suspects Masrizal alias Thohir and Ismail.
\nThey were arrested in late October in Cirebon, West Java.<\/p>\n
\"The bomb was assembled inside one of the rooms on the second
\nfloor of the house, where Malaysian bomb expert Azahari stayed,\"
\nComr. Arismunandar, one of police investigators in charge of the
\nreenactment, told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
The explosives consisted of six plastic boxes containing black
\npowder weighing 19 kilograms each. Around those boxes, the
\nsuspects placed eight plastic jerry cans of gasoline and liquid
\nsoap to create a fireball effect. All the explosives were placed
\nin a Toyota Kijang minivan used to store and transport the bomb.<\/p>\n
Part of Tuesday's reenactment was also held at Kuningan
\nMosque, close to JW Marriott Hotel, and at the hotel itself.<\/p>\n
One of the survivors, Febby Firmansyah, who married in
\nSeptember while still undergoing treatment for severe burn
\nwounds, said he and two other victims would like to meet \"and
\nhave a chat with the bombers and to show them the wounds so they
\ncan see what the bomb did to us\".<\/p>\n
Ismail said the bomb was assembled by Azahari and another
\nMalaysian bomb expert Noordin Mohammad Top. Both are still at
\nlarge.<\/p>\n
\"Noordin was the one who taught us how to make bombs,\" Ismail
\ntold reporters.<\/p>\n
The minivan, fully loaded with explosives, was driven by
\nsuicide bomber Asmar Latin Sani. It then exploded and ripped
\nthrough the hotel's driveway, claiming 13 lives, including the
\nbomber, and injuring 147 people.<\/p>\n
House owner Fauzi, who also took part in the reenactment, said
\nthat Asmar and Thohir arrived in early July last year to rent the
\nhouse. They agreed to pay a rental fee of Rp 4.4 million (US$517)
\nfor two months.<\/p>\n
A top police investigator, who was in charge of the bomb
\ninvestigation, told the Post recently that the police discovered
\nthe rented house from phone numbers recorded in the cell phone
\nbelonging to Sony D. Legia. Sony, a resident of Cibubur, East
\nJakarta, was the former owner of the Kijang van used to transport
\nthe bomb.<\/p>\n
\"There were two calls from Asmar, who wanted to purchase the
\nvan. One was made from a wartel (telephone kiosk) in Cibubur and
\nanother from Pasar Minggu,\" the one-star general, who requested
\nanonymity, said.<\/p>\n
Detectives then started to track down all rented houses within
\na two kilometer radius of the Pasar Minggu phone kiosk,
\nespecially those immediately vacated after the Marriott bombing.<\/p>\n
\"Later, we found the house but they (the suspects) had cleaned
\nit up. We still managed to discover some traces there,\" the
\nofficer said.<\/p>\n
Police discovered a piece of newspaper in a trash can with a
\nhandwritten list of some buildings, including the Marriott. They
\nalso found a service card for the Kijang van purchased by Asmar
\nfrom Sony.<\/p>\n
\"The mystery about where the Marriott bomb had been prepared
\nwas solved after we discovered the key of the rented house at
\nAzahari's rented room in Bandung along with a note written by
\nAsmar listing several bombing targets,\" said the officer.<\/p>",
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