Kuta (Indonesia) Oct 23: Police said today they are mounting a nationwide hunt for three possible Indonesian suspects in the Bali bombings after preparing sketches of them based on witness accounts. The sketches of the men would also be sent to the international police liaison organisation Interpol, said a national police spokesman. "We are not ruling out that they may have international or regional links," Brigadier General Edward Aritonang told a press conference in the resort island.
"They are possible suspects but we don't know who they are. There is a nationwide search for them, in Bali and across Indonesia, and copies of the sketches will be sent to Interpol."


The sketches, whose existence was disclosed yesterday, would not be made public "until we have supporting evidence linking them to the bombings."
National police chief general Da'i Bachtiar said yesterday the terror bombing has similarities to previous attacks by an alleged leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) regional terror network known as Hambali.


"There are similarities in modus operandi," Bachtiar said. "It is part of our analysis and we are developing it. We're looking for links but so far we have not yet found them."

Vice president Hamzah Haz, who before the Bali blast denied any terror threat in his country, said the attackers aimed to break up Indonesia and wreck its economy.

Bureau Report