Jakarta, Nov 07: Indonesian police hailed a breakthrough in the Bali bombing inquiry here today, with the arrest of the first strong suspect in the case. National police chief D'ai Bachtiar said the suspect, named as Amrozi, was the last buyer of the van that exploded outside the Sari Club in the resort island, killing more than 190 people.
"He is M. Rozi or Amrozi and he has many aliases. He has confessed to his acts in Bali," national police chief D'ai Bachtiar told reporters without clarifying what exactly the man has confessed to. He described Amrozi as a suspect in the case. "We now have one strong one," Bachtiar said.
"We are searching for his friends that have been place on the police wanted list," Bachtiar told reporters.
Those people are the buyers of a motorcycle and another van used in the October 12 bombing, he said. Amrozi was flown to Bali from Java last evening for further questioning, police spokesman Brigadier General Edward Aritonang said earlier.
"I am confirming that the individual in question, I mean Amrozi, has arrived for questioning in Denpasar last night," Aritonang said.
Amrozi's information is "very, very helpful to the resolution of this case," Aritonang told a press conference broadcast live on radio from Bali.
"This is related to the investigation of the event, which we hope will lead to the perpetrators themselves," he said.
Police are confident that "this person has a very close relation to this case," said Aritonang, spokesman for the investigation being conducted jointly with Australian and other foreign detectives. Bureau Report