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Indonesia’s antiterrorism squad arrest couple linked to Jakarta bombing plot
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On alert: Police personnel search a rented house in Bintara Jaya subdistrict, Bekasi, West Java, on Saturday after the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad found a high explosive bomb in the house. The bomb was allegedly prepared to attack the Presidential Palace in the neighboring capital. (Antara/Risky Andrianto)
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he National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested a couple from Tasikmalaya, West Java, on Thursday for their alleged involvement in a plan to bomb a major target in Jakarta.
The husband and wife, identified as Hendra Gunawan and Tutin Sugiarti, were arrested at 4:30 a.m. from a rented house in Sukamaju Kaler subdistrict, said West Java Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Yusri Yunus.
“The couple is now undergoing interrogation at the Tasikmalaya Police’s headquarters,” he said.
On Saturday, Densus 88 arrested four suspects in the West Java city of Bekasi and the Central Java city of Karanganyar for planning a terror attack to a major target, believed to be the State Palace, in Jakarta.
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The first two suspects, identified only as MSN and AS, were arrested on the Kalimalang overpass in Bekasi, while another suspect, a 27-year-old woman identified only as DYN, was arrested in a rented house in Bekasi’s Bintara Jaya subdistrict.
In the house, the police found a high-explosive bomb, weighing about 3 kilograms, packed into a pressure cooker.
The fourth suspect, a man identified as S, was arrested in Karanganyar later in the evening.
The police suspect that Tutin had been involved in the plot by suggesting that DYN carry out suicide attack. The 37-year-old housewife also allegedly introduced the suggested suicide bomber to MSN, who helped construct the bomb. (hwa)
