ersonnel of the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad have searched a house suspected to be the location of the assembly of the pressure cooker bombs used by an Islamic State (IS)-affiliated terrorist group in twin suicide bombing attacks at Kampung Melayu terminal, East Jakarta, on May 24.
The team searched the house located in Kampung Cempaka, Karawangpawitan, Garut regency, West Java, on Thursday.
West Java Police spokesperson Sr.Comr. Yusri Yunus said the house was rented by Ahmad Sukri (AS), one of the two Kampung Melayu suicide bombers, before the fatal blasts occurred.
“A Forensic Laboratory team and the West Java Police’s Indonesia Automatic Finger Print Identification System [INAFIS] personnel examined the location during the search,” said Yusri.
He said further that the police had confiscated several items of evidence, including seven buckets, one box of pans, 10 plates, seven stoppered glass jars, one jerry can, bowls, glasses, one bolt for a pressure cooker and plastic bags.
“The search and site examination were conducted as a part of the investigation of the Kampung Melayu bomb attacks. These efforts were aimed at gaining new evidence. It is temporarily concluded AS assembled the bombs in this house,” said Yusri.
The search and site investigation took around three hours before the Densus 88 team moved to the house of H – AS’ brother-in-law – in Kampung Paledang.
“We suspected the rented house in Kampung Cempaka was the location where the bombing perpetrators not only assembled the bombs, but also prepared their attacks,” said Yusri. (ebf)
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