24 arrested in antiterror raids

Police have arrested 24 people over the last several days for their alleged involvement in the 2000 Bali bombings and the 2003 J.W. Marriott hotel blast in Jakarta.

A source at the Central Java Police said the suspects were arrested in a series of raids by the National Police's antiterror squad as part of its investigation into the recent bombings at a market in Poso, Central Sulawesi, that killed 21 people. Of the 24 suspects arrested, 12 were reportedly preparing to leave for the Philippines. -- JP