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| Indonesia frustrated on progress in Bali bombing probe |
| 2005-10-25 |
| Bali's police chief has expressed frustration at the lack of progress finding those behind triple suicide bombings this month that killed 23 people, including four Australians. Made Mangku Pastika, who led the successful investigation of the 2002 Bali nightclub attacks, said national distribution of leaflets showing the decapitated heads of the three bombers as well as electronically enhanced pictures had yielded little. "I wonder why nobody has stepped forward? What is baffling is where did (the three bombers) live? We don't even know where they came from," Pastika said. Police have not named any suspects over the attacks. The three bombers detonated explosives-laden backpacks in crowded restaurants on October 1, killing themselves and 20 innocent people. Pastika has said the bombers had Indonesian facial features. He said the bombers might have left their families and hometowns for so long that nobody recognised them. Pastika also had a more chilling theory. "The second possibility is they come from families or groups that agree with the terrorism movement. This is dangerous." Police said they would issue new leaflets saying anyone giving credible information on the identities of the suspected backpack bombers would receive $US10,000 ($A13,140). In recent bombings, court testimony has shown that senior operatives from Jemaah Islamiah have brainwashed young recruits from poor families living on the main island of Java to drive bomb-laden cars to targets. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |