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Bekasi female suicide bomber close to South Tangerang suspect: Police
Police have revealed that a woman named Dian Yulia Novi, an alleged suicide bomber who was arrested in Bekasi, West Java, last week, is a close friend of Adam Noor Syam, an alleged terrorist nabbed in South Tangerang on Wednesday.
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Rooted out: The National Police’s counterterrorism squad Densus 88 apprehends Rinda, 24, the first wife of terrorism suspect Nur Solihin, at their house in Kampung Griyan, Surakarta, on Sunday. Nur Solihin was arrested in Bekasi, West Java, on Saturday for allegedly plotting to detonate a bomb at the State Palace. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
Police have revealed that a woman named Dian Yulia Novi, an alleged suicide bomber who was arrested in Bekasi, West Java, last week, is a close friend of Adam Noor Syam, an alleged terrorist nabbed in South Tangerang on Wednesday.
“Dian in Bekasi is a close friend to A [Adam], who was arrested in Serpong [South Tangerang],” National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Martinus Sitompul said on Thursday as reported by tribunnews.com.
Martinus claimed the terrorist network in Bekasi was related to the network in South Tangerang since they were both reportedly led by Bahrun Naim, an alleged terrorist from Surakarta, Central Java, who is now believed residing in Syria.
“The Serpong network is part of the Bekasi network. The Serpong network is relatively small,” he added.
After arresting Adam, the National Police's counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, raided a rented house in Puri Serpong and shot dead three men who reportedly resisted arrest on Wednesday night. The police also found several homemade bombs in the house. The suspects reportedly planned to attack a police post in the Bumi Serpong Damai housing complex in South Tangerang.
(Read also: High explosive bomb prepared to attack State Palace: Police)
Meanwhile, Dian was arrested in a rented house in Bekasi along with her husband Nur Solihin, who was believed to be the network leader. Dian was reportedly prepared to become a suicide bomber who would blow herself up at the State Palace.(jun)
