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Police hunt for sender of Surabaya hotel bomb threats
Close inspection: A security officer and K-9 guard the Shangri-La Hotel in Surabaya, East Java, on Nov
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Close inspection: A security officer and K-9 guard the Shangri-La Hotel in Surabaya, East Java, on Nov. 23. Surabaya Police spokesperson Adj. Cmr. Lily Djafar said there had been bomb threats sent via fax to the Shangri-La and the JW Marriot hotels. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat) (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
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span class="inline inline-center">Close inspection: A security officer and K-9 guard the Shangri-La Hotel in Surabaya, East Java, on Nov. 23. Surabaya Police spokesperson Adj. Cmr. Lily Djafar said there had been bomb threats sent via fax to the Shangri-La and the JW Marriot hotels. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
Officers from East Java and Surabaya police are searching for a person who sent bomb-threat letters to two five-star hotels, the JW Marriot and the Shangri-La, in Surabaya on Monday evening, citing the radical Islamic State movement as their backer.
Surabaya Police spokesperson Adj. Cmr. Lily Djafar said that upon learning of the threats police bomb squad Gegana went straight to the locations, but did not find any bombs.
"A joint team of East Java and Surabaya police officers are now hunting down the perpetrator of this terror threat by tracing where they sent the fax from," Lily said as quoted by kompas.com on Tuesday.
On Monday, tribunnews.com reported the letters had been sent via fax to the JW Marriot Hotel at around 3 p.m. and were received by an employee named Dodik Ari Setiawan.
"ISIS has spread in East Java. Be warned that tonight, the Shangri-La and the JW Marriott in Surabaya will be blown up when several bombs on various floors are detonated simultaneously with a mobile phone, tonight. Allahu Akbar [God is great], our purpose is to murder foreigners especially US citizens who have murdered many Muslims. Allahu Akbar, long live ISIS," the fax said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
The sender signed the fax with the name 'Dani' and included mobile phone numbers. (rin)(+)
