Police question terror suspects

Police question terror suspects

JAKARTA: Police were questioning three suspected militants over possible links with a fugitive terror mastermind and last year's bombing outside the Australian Embassy, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

The three were detained last week in Central Java province and were being interrogated in Jakarta, said Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Ketut Untung Yoga. He identified the three as Fathurahman, Buhori and Yasin al-Reza. They have not been charged.

Ketut said the men were being questioned over possible links with alleged terror boss Noordin M. Top, as well as the 2004 Australian Embassy car bombing, which killed 11 people. They can be held for seven days before police have to charge or release them.

Indonesian courts have convicted six militants for their role in the Sept. 9 bombing. Two have been sentenced to death. -- AP