Two suspected bombers arrested<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Two men have been arrested in the West Sumatra capital of Padang
\nfor their apparent role in the Marriott bombing on Aug. 5, said
\nJakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
"We have captured them ... They are now being questioned by
\nthe police," he said after the public appointments of several
\npolice chiefs.<\/p>\n
Makbul refused to name the suspects but a senior police
\ndetective, who requested anonymity, confirmed that they were
\nidentified as Thohir and Jabir.<\/p>\n
The police had been searching for them for more than two
\nweeks. The explosion killed 12 people and injured 147 others.<\/p>\n
The arrest was made on Sunday after police detectives managed
\nto track them down in a nationwide search.<\/p>\n
The detective said that Thohir was believed to be one of the
\nkey people in the Marriott bombing along with Asmar Latin Sani,
\nthe alleged suicide bomber.<\/p>\n
Thohir was believed to be the one who got out of the Toyota
\nKijang van, heavily packed with explosives and fuel, just before
\nit went off in the hotel's driveway.<\/p>\n
The police declined to give details on the role of Jabir in
\nthe bombing.<\/p>\n
Police announced earlier that they had arrested at least 10
\nsuspects related to the bombing in several areas across the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n
A police source said that some of the suspects still on the
\nrun were Malaysian nationals Iqbal and Andi Syachrudin. Malikul,
\nDatuk Rajo Ame, Toni Togar, Idris, M. Rois, Heru and Solichin
\nwere arrested in some areas in Sumatra and Java.<\/p>\n
The police have also released photos of five wanted suspects
\nincluding Malaysian Noor Din Mohd Top and alleged bombmakers in
\nlast year's Bali bombings, which claimed 202 lives, Dulmatin and
\nDr. Azahari.<\/p>\n
Most of the arrested suspects have been accused of aiding and
\nabetting the key members of the terrorist cell, apparently based
\nin southern Sumatra and western Java.<\/p>\n
"The explosives were first brought to Indonesia through Dumai
\nin southern Sumatra from Malaysia by Iqbal and Andi Syachrudin,
\nsome time in 2000. The explosives consisted of six packages of
\nexplosive materials, sewn into several sacks," the source said.<\/p>\n
The source also said that police lost track of the explosives
\nafter they got information in June, following the arrest several
\nmen now suspected of being involved with the Marriott bombers,
\nthat Asmar and Thohir were in Jakarta with the bombs.<\/p>",
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