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Police close July 17 bombing probe, launch surveillance
The National Police announced Monday they had completed their investigation of the July 17 attacks on two international hotels in Jakarta, claiming to have arrested or killed all the perpetrators of the bombings, as well as having established surveillance operations to prevent new attacks
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he National Police announced Monday they had completed their investigation of the July 17 attacks on two international hotels in Jakarta, claiming to have arrested or killed all the perpetrators of the bombings, as well as having established surveillance operations to prevent new attacks.
“We have managed to arrest or kill all 21 people involved in the July 17 bombings," National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Nanan Soekarna said.
"Thus we can say we have been able to complete the July 17 bombing investigations.”
Eleven out of 21 people who were linked to the July 17 bombings are currently being detained by the police.
They are identified as Amir Abdullah, Kedu alias Supono, Bejo alias Rahmat Budi Prabowo, Aris Susanto, Indra Arif Hermawan, Fajar Firdaus, Putri Munawaroh, Sonny Djayadi, Muhamad Jibril and Ali Muhammad, a Saudi Arabian national.
The remaining people, including the suicide bombers, have either killed themselves or have been shot dead during police operations.
The suicide bombers were identified as Nana Ichwan Maulana and Dani Dwi Permana while those who were shot dead included terrorist leader Noordin Mohammad Top, Ibrohim alias Boim, Urwah alias Bagus Budi Pranoto, Aji alias Ario Sudarso, Hadi Susilo alias Adib, Air Setiawan, Eko Joko Sarjono, Saefudin Zuhri bin Jaelani Irsyad, Mohammad Syahrir.
Noordin was killed during the shoot-out in Surakarta, Central Java, in September.
Also killed in the September raid were bomb maker Bagus “Urwah” Budi Pranoto, Susilo alias Adit, and Aryo “Aji” Sudarso, one of Noordin’s protégés.
Nanan said the arrests and the deaths of the terror suspects did not signal the end of police operations in rooting out terror networks.
He said the police had established a number of special teams to conduct surveillance across the archipelago to prevent the rebirth of terror cells, and the possibility of new terror threats.
“We will deploy intelligence teams and field investigators to prepare for the possibility of new terror groups inside the country."
Last Friday, police raided the final hiding place of the remaining members of Noordin’s terrorist group in Ciputat, Tangerang, killing brothers Syaifudin Zuhri and Syahrir in the process.
They had arrested Fajar Firdaus in Bekasi hours earlier.
Syaifudin and Syahrir were two of Noordin’s lieutenants. Many observers said that either of the brothers could have replaced the Malaysian top terror suspect as leader.
Syaifudin and Syahrir were the targets of a nationwide manhunt after police linked them to the
July 17 bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in South Jakarta, in which nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured.
Syaifudin is believed to have recruited suicide bombers Dani Dwi Permana and Nana Ichwan Maulana for the hotel bombings, while Syahrir was identified as one of Noordin's trusted aides.
Syahrir is believed to have helped Noordin plan the bombings, along with Ibrohim, who was killed in the police raid in Temanggung, East Java in August.
Nanan said police had arrested Sonny in Padang, West Sumatra, where he was doing voluntary earthquake relief work.
Sonny had provided accommodation for Syaifudin and Syahrir.
Police said as many as 452 terror suspects had been brought to trial.
“These figures will hopefully give us a more complete picture when tackling terror cases in the future,” Nanan said.
