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Indonesia arrests 24 suspected terrorists
Jul. 1, 2005 at 6:52AM
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050701-062740-3364r.htm
Indonesian police have arrested 24 suspects linked to the 2002 Bali
bombing and the 2003 bombing of Jakarta's J.W. Marriott hotel, the Jakarta
Post said Friday.
The suspects, who were arrested over several days this week, are
being held under anti-terrorism laws that permit seven days' detention
without charge, the police said.
The newspaper reported that the detainees were arrested in
central Java, where police were searching for those responsible for bombings
in Poso, central Sulawesi, that killed 22 people in May.
Several of the suspects had been preparing to travel to the
Philippines, the report said.
Police blame the terrorist bombings on the militant Muslim group
Jemaah Islamiyah, which seeks to establish an Islamic state in
Southeast Asia.
Bomber killed near Turk PM office
Friday, July 1, 2005; Posted: 5:39 a.m. EDT (09:39 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/01/turkey.shooting/index.html
ANKARA, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish police have shot and killed a suspected
suicide bomber as he ran toward Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office,
police said.
The shooting occurred about 10 a.m. (0700 GMT) Friday outside the
Ministry of Justice in Ankara.
The man apparently tried to get into the Ministry of Justice building
using a staff entrance, but a device believed to be a bomb on his body
was detected by a machine, according to CNN's sister network, CNN Turk.
He then apparently panicked and pulled the bomb's fuse, but it did not
detonate. Authorities seized and handcuffed him, but he managed to
escape and began running toward the prime minister's office.
A guard at that office shot him, CNN Turk said.
Witnesses said the man was about 35 years old. An identity card was
found on his body, but was later found to be fake.
The same man apparently was involved in a similar incident last June,
when U.S. President George W. Bush and others were attending the NATO
Summit in Istanbul, CNN Turk reported.
Details of that incident were not immediately available.
The man is believed to be a member of the illegal group Great Eastern
Islamic Raiders Front, the network said.
"The event is not important and doesn't affect our duties," Justice
Minister Cemil Cicek told reporters outside of the ministry after the
incident, The Associated Press reported.
Although authorities did not immediately confirm the man was a suicide
bomber, a CNN Turk correspondent on the scene said a device removed
from his body after the shooting was a bomb.
Police cordoned off the area in front of the ministry, and the suspect
could be seen lying on the ground as a member of the bomb squad,
wearing protective clothing, removed his shirt and then a tan colored
cylinder with wires coming out of it, according to AP.
Members of militant Kurdish, leftist and Islamic groups are active in
Turkey and have carried out bombings in the past, AP said.
CNN Turk correspondent Hande Firat and reporter Dicle contributed to
this report.