Ex terrorist says home-made bomb worth less than Rp 200,000

Former Jamaah Islamiyah terrorist ring leader Nasir Abbas said that the home-made bomb used in the Solo Church might worth less than Rp 200,000. He said that he could assume that just by looking at the bomb’s explosion power.

“Besides you could always ask your friends to throw money on this kind of project,” he said Wednesday referring to the Solo bomb, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Nasir said likely the suicide bomber did not belong to an organized group, but was part of a group that had been deeply affected by radical values.

“Targeting other worship houses is always emotional,” he said.

Nasir then urged the public not to be easily provoked by the attack and avoid any forms of retaliation.