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Police say Bali suspects may be hiding in Islamic schools
Jakarta, Nov 18: Investigators today pressed on with the hunt for six more Bali bombing suspects as the national police chief said they may have gone to ground inside Islamic boarding schools in the country.
Jakarta, Nov 18: Investigators today pressed on with
the hunt for six more Bali bombing suspects as the national
police chief said they may have gone to ground inside Islamic boarding schools in the country.
The investigation team leader said the six, all aged in their thirties and sketches and detailed descriptions of whom were released by police yesterday, had not left the country.
"We believe all these people are still in Indonesia," police inspector general I made Mangku Pastika told reporters on Bali Island today.
"Maybe for them it's easier to hide in Indonesia than in other countries. But I don't have any proof yet."
National Police Chief General Da'i Bachtiar, asked by reporters in Jakarta if suspects may be hiding in Islamic schools, said: "yes. This is from various information that we have received."
Police have detained a 40-year-old Indonesian mechanic named Amrozi, who has confessed to involvement in the attack.
Pastika said a man known as Imam Samudra alias Abdul Azis masterminded the October 12 nightclub car bombing which killed more than 190 people, almost half of whom were Australian.
He said Samudra was still in Bali four days after the bombing watching the progress of the investigation.
Indonesia's top Security Minister Susilo Bambang yudhoyono has described Samudra as one of the leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) regional terror network.
But Pastika said investigators could not yet tie the plot to JI or the al-Qaeda network.
Bureau Report
The investigation team leader said the six, all aged in their thirties and sketches and detailed descriptions of whom were released by police yesterday, had not left the country.
"We believe all these people are still in Indonesia," police inspector general I made Mangku Pastika told reporters on Bali Island today.
"Maybe for them it's easier to hide in Indonesia than in other countries. But I don't have any proof yet."
National Police Chief General Da'i Bachtiar, asked by reporters in Jakarta if suspects may be hiding in Islamic schools, said: "yes. This is from various information that we have received."
Police have detained a 40-year-old Indonesian mechanic named Amrozi, who has confessed to involvement in the attack.
Pastika said a man known as Imam Samudra alias Abdul Azis masterminded the October 12 nightclub car bombing which killed more than 190 people, almost half of whom were Australian.
He said Samudra was still in Bali four days after the bombing watching the progress of the investigation.
Indonesia's top Security Minister Susilo Bambang yudhoyono has described Samudra as one of the leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) regional terror network.
But Pastika said investigators could not yet tie the plot to JI or the al-Qaeda network.
Bureau Report