Police link Gun Gun with blast

Police link Gun Gun with blast

JAKARTA: Alleged terrorist Rusmawan 'Gun Gun' Gunawan, one of
six students deported from Pakistan in December, is suspected of
being involved in the JW Marriott Hotel bombing that killed 13
people on Aug. 5, 2003, a police officer says.

Brig. Gen. Pranowo, a director for antiterrorism of the
Detective and Criminal Unit of the National Police, however,
declined to reveal details of Gun Gun's involvement in the
terrorist attack.

He said police have until April to further investigate the
involvement of Gun Gun and his friends in a series of bomb
attacks in the country.

"We have four months from December 2003 to investigate them,"
Pranowo said.

Six Indonesian students, including Gun Gun, a younger brother
of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Riduan Isamuddin alias Hambali,
now in United States custody, were deported from Pakistan on Dec.
12, 2003 for overstaying.

Police, however, detained them when they arrived here and
declared them terrorist suspects on Dec. 18. --Antara