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November 9, 2005
Indonesia: Leading Islamist Bomber Blows Himself To Pieces
The news is just breaking, and will be updated as more details are known. Associated Press, in the Washington Times says that the bomber who is thought to have stage-managed the explosions on Bali in 2002, which killed 202 people, mainly Australian, has apparently detonated explosives and killed himself, rather than be captured.
Malaysian Azahari bin Husin, the "Bombmaker" for Jemaah Islamiyah was in a shoot-out with Indonesian police today at a hide-out in Malang, a resort on the island of Java, at 4pm local time.
As the shoot-out became a no-win situation for Azahari, he detonated explosives, according to Gen. Gorries Mere, the national detective deputy chief.
Azahari had formerly studied in Britain, at Reading University. A leading figure in Jemaah Islamiyah, he is also suspected of involvement with the recent Bali bombings of October 1st, which killed 26 people. He studied terror tactics while in Afghanistan in the late 1990s and produced a 50-page bomb manual for Jemaah Islamiyah.
According to smh.com.au, the hideout was in the village of Batu at Malang, in East Java. In the explosion, two accomplices also were killed.
The house was raided initially at 3,30 pm, and witnesses told of gunshots, and at least two explosions. The area was sealed off and electricity was shut down this evening.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at November 9, 2005 9:06 AM
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