Indonesian police raid nets terror suspects, explosives

by uusjio | July 2, 2008 at 10:02 pm

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The nine terrorist suspects, believed to be members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a regional terrorist network linked to al-Qaeda, were arrested during various raids since June 28 at several locations in South Sumatra province.

The latest arrest took place on Tuesday in the provincial capital of Palembang, national police spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira was quoted bu=y DPA as telling reporters on late Wednesday.

A Singaporean, identified as Alim, alias Omar or Taslim, was among the detained men, who was arrested last Saturday in South Sumatra district of Sekayu.

According to a report by the Kompas.com news portal the suspects were flown out of Palembang to Jakarta on Thursday morning for further interrogation.

In addition to 20 assembled bombs, 16 of them ready to be detonated, the counter-terror units also seized tens of kilograms of potassium chlorate and other explosive materials as well as several hand grenades, Nataprawira said.

Police believe Singaporean ...