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Pieces of Jakarta blast bomber ’identified’
Indonesian police say they believe they have identified the bomber responsible for an explosion in a luxury hotel in Jakarta on Tuesday which left at least 10 people dead and scores injured. Police spokesman Brigadier Gorris Mere said that a security camera had recorded the suspect, named only as Asmal, stopping in a vehicle in the US-owned Marriott hotel driveway moments before the explosion. He said that DNA samples taken from body parts recovered from the scene would be compared with samples from Asmal’s parents. Mr Mere also said that police had intercepted an e-mail Asmal sent about six weeks ago which included code words for suicide bombings used by the Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI). "In our interception, [he] mentions he wants to marry as soon as possible," Mr Mere told ABC Radio in Australia. "It really it is a... code word of JI [Jemaah Islamiah]... he wants to make a suicide bomb."
"intercepted an e-mail sent about six weeks ago" Did you intercept it 6 weeks ago, or did you just find it? And if you did intercept it 6 weeks ago, what were you waiting for?
"Yup. Yup. Gonna marry me a 72-year-old virgin..."
The explosives and methods used to bomb a luxury hotel in Jakarta on Tuesday were similar to those used in the Bali bombing last year, Indonesian police said on Wednesday. Investigators sifting through debris for clues about the blast said a similar cocktail of high and low grade explosives were used in Bali. Police also said that documents found in the possession of JI members arrested last month indicated an attack in the area around the hotel was imminent and police patrols were stepped up.
Didn’t do much good, did they?
The hotel is well-known as a place where foreigners and visiting diplomats stay.
Which is why it was picked as a target.
Posted by: Steve 2003-08-07
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