Police detained a man and his wife in the port city of Surabaya in last week's deadly bombing at the Australian Embassy, a police spokesman said Thursday. Meanwhile, Malaysian authorities said the top terror suspects wanted in last week's suicide attack remain in Indonesia and have not returned home.
| "We checked. They said he wudn't there..." |
Police Col. Endo Wardoyo told reporters that the couple were brought in on Wednesday to the main police station in Indonesia's second large city. He said detectives were tipped off by neighbors that the couple had rented their house to three militants who fled when officers closed in on Wednesday.
"Susilo! The coppers are at our new neighbors' front door and the neighbors are beating it out the back door!"
"It told you this'd happen, dammit!" |
The fugitives were believed to be members of Jemaah Islamiyah, the extremist network blamed for a string of bombings in Indonesia over the past three years, including the embassy attack that killed nine people a week ago. Wardoyo said the couple may have had ties with Azahari bin Husin, one of the two Malaysians believed to have masterminded last week's attack. Police have posted a large reward for information leading to the arrest of Azahari and his confederate Noordin Mohamed Top. "We brought the couple in because they are linked with Azahari," Wardoyo said. "We haven't arrested them but are still questioning them about the three men who escaped when we arrived," Wardoyo said. |