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| Main Planner of Bali Bombings Identified |
| 2002-11-17 |
| Police investigating last monthâs deadly nightclub bombings in Bali have identified a key suspect, Imam Samudra, as the chief planner of the attacks and said he learned how to make bombs while in Afghanistan. The holy man's directly involved? That's unusual, ain't it? Major General Made Mangku Pastika, head of the multinational investigation team, on Sunday (17/11/02) described Samudra as âthe field coordinatorâ who decided where to place the bombs in the crowded Kuta nightlife area of Bali. That's the kind of knowledge that only comes with a thorough knowledge of the holy book... He said another conspirator, Dulmatin, helped to assemble the bombs and triggered them on the night of October 12 by dialing the numbers of handphones that had been set to vibrating mode and wired to the explosivesâ detonators. "Dulmatin is from Central Java... he is a second-hand car dealer, an electronics expert and his role was to detonate the bombs by cellular phone," Pastika was quoted as saying by Reuters. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |