Pemalang (Indonesia): Slain Islamist
militant leader Dulmatin was buried in his Indonesian home
village today, as a large crowd of mourners chanted "God is
Great" and hundreds of police stood guard.
The crowd of more than 2,000 shouted "Allahu Akbar" as
the Jemaah Islamiyah extremist was laid to rest in the village
of Pemalang in Central Java, watched by a heavy police
presence, a photographer said.
"The funeral has gone well, with no problems or
difficulties. Everybody in this village came and helped us.
This shows that my brother was a good man," Dulmatin`s eldest
brother Azam Ba`afut said.
Dulmatin was shot dead along with two other people on
Tuesday in a gunfight with counter-terrorism forces on the
outskirts of Jakarta. His body was driven by ambulance from
the Indonesian capital early today.
Dulmatin had a 10-million-dollar US bounty on his head.
He was accused of being a mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings
by Jemaah Islamiyah, which killed 202 people, mostly foreign
tourists.
PTI
