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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Indonesian Police Killed Bali Bombing Mastermind

by Sunil Sonkar

By SUNIL Sonkar

Jakarta, March 09 — Indonesia’s most wanted Jemaah Islamiyah militant group leader Dulmatin was killed on Tuesday by the anti-terror forces of the country during a raid on the outskirts of the capital said police.
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There were too much of gunfire heard when the Indonesian police raided a two storey shop-house in Pamulang city west of the capital at around 1100 am (0400 GMT),

Witnesses told to the local television that they saw a body bag being carried by an ambulance after the gunfight was over. The eyewitness also added that two people were arrested.

Tito Karnavian, anti-terror police chief, had confirmed that the killed man was linked to a militant group in the Aceh province in north of the island of Sumatra.

He said to the reporters, “Yes he is the culprit, the one that sent people to Aceh. He’s a big name.”

According to a police source, the man killed was believed to be Dulmatin, who was one of the most wanted leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant group.

However, no official confirmation has yet come on the identity of the killed.

Dulmatin is accused of helping the militant group in planing and carrying out the Bali bombings in 2002 in which 202 people were killed, and most of them were foreign tourists.


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