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இந்தோனேஷியாவில் இந்துக்கள் தீவான பாலியில் குண்டுவைத்து 202 பொதுமக்களை கொன்ற குண்டுவெடிப்பை திட்டமிட்டு நிறைவேற்றிய மலேசியர் நூர்தீன் முகம்மது கைது செய்யப்பட்டார் என்று இந்தோனேஷியா அறிவித்துள்ளது.

INDONESIA: FUGITIVE BOMBING MASTERMIND 'ARRESTED'


Jakarta, 21 June (AKI) - Indonesian police have arrested key Bali bombing suspect, Malaysian national Noordin Mohammed Top, the well respected Detikcom news agency reports. He is considered the mastermind behind a series of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 and 2005 Bali nightclub attacks which killed over 250 people. Police arrested Top on 14 June, in Brebes Central Java and intend to announce this on 1 July - national police day in Indonesia, Detikcom said, quoting an unnamed source.

The report of Top's arrest follows that of the arrest of Abu Dujana, the alleged military commander of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network and Zarkasih, believed to be JI's supreme leader. Zarkasih (also known by the aliases Nuaim, Abu Irsyad and Mbah). Both men were seized on 9 June in an anti terrorist police raid in Banyumas, central Java, the chief of indonesia's anti-terrorist unit announced last Friday.

Indonesia's most wanted fugitive, Top was once one of the leaders of JI. According to experts, the Malaysian is believed to have created his own splinter group, after JI expressed a preference for preaching instead of armed struggle. JI is responsible for a string of deadly terror attacks in Indonesia in recent years including the 2002 and 2005 Bali attacks and bombings of the Marriott Hotel and the Australian embassy in Jakarta.

Noordin is now believed to be the head of the group known as Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad - which is said to be the original name of al-Qaeda. Sidney Jones the Southeast Asia director of the International Crisis Group recently told Adnkronos International she believes there is still a link between Noordin and the radical elements within JI - represented by Abu Dujana - but the level of collaboration is still unclear. Her view is shared by other experts.

JI is believed to recruit both through a select number of Islamic colleges and also through family ties. The terrorist group was created towards the end of the 1980s by a group of Indonesian exiles in Malaysia.




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