Posted on 11/09/2005 6:49:43 AM PST by dead
Indonesia's most wanted man and the terrorist blamed for a string of attacks including the Bali bombings has reportedly blown himself up after police raided his East Java hideout this afternoon.
Malaysian bomb mastermind Dr Azahari Husin apparently triggered a bomb killing himself and two accomplices after police surrounded a villa in the hill resort town of Batu, near Malang, local television news stations reported.
Witnesses told of gunshots and at least two explosions after crack anti-terror police raided the house around 3.30pm this afternoon.
The area was this evening cordoned off and electricity had been shut down.
A Detachment 88 source told AAP on condition of anonymity that the raid was linked to the October 1 triple suicide bombing on three cafes in Kuta and Jimbaran, which killed 20 innocent people, among them four Australians.
``It has a link,'' he said.
The ANTV television station, citing police sources, said Husin had been hiding out in the house and blew himself up rather than be captured.
Husin is said to be the brains behind a string of terror bombings, including the recent Bali bombings, last year's Australian Embassy attack and the 2003 suicide car bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.
Along with suicide bomb recruiter and fellow Malaysian Noordin Top, he is Indonesia's most wanted man.
Local residents described the situation as ``tense'' as police surrounded the housing complex.
AAP
Good news from Indonesia ping!
Candy and Flaherty, excellent! :)
No one has asked for a DNA test.....I want to see the facts is it really him....Where's the proof!
;^)
"Along with suicide bomb recruiter and fellow Malaysian Noordin Top, he is Indonesia's most wanted man."
was Indonesia's most wanted man...WAS :D
Ha-Ha!
You cannot truely trust the Indonesian authorities on the death of Dr Azahari Husin until DNA test results are carried out. The Indonesian Government has been rated as being the one of the world top corrupted countries. Most of the time facts from their government are unreliable and need to be verified.
If the dead man is really Azahari, why did they take so long to trace his whereabout in Indonesia. If you have worked in Indonesia you will know their net working is superb, but corruption rules.
Now there is a tagline. lol. Maybe with a little modification.
RAID. Kills terrorists dead.
Does anyone have that old artwork with the Jihadist saying to two trainees with suicide vests, "Now watch this carefully. I'm only going to show you how to do this once."
May he rest in pieces, but they need to do DNA testing, to be sure it's really him.
Big news in the MSM. NOT!
Yeah, they seem to have overlooked that. Too busy tracking down "torture" stories.
Now he's just the brains behind the debris.
SCTV morning farm report is now SCTV morning terroist report....'He got blowed up! Blowed up real good"
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