BATU - Police said they were narrowing in on a Southeast Asia terror ringleader Friday, with thousands of troops going door-to-door, checking cars, and combing railway and bus stations in central Indonesia. The discovery of more than 30 bombs inside Azahari‘s hideout, many of them small devices easily contained in backpacks, set off speculation that Jemaah Islamiyah was planning more terror strikes and added urgency to the hunt.
Azahari was noted for his bomb-making skills and his death was a blow to the group, but security experts cautioned that several key Jemaah Islamiyah figures remain on the run. Top is seen as the group‘s real strategist and one of its main recruiters. Troops were scouring bus terminals and railway stations in Central Java province and going door-to-door in some places, said police spokesman Maj. Gen. Aryanto Budihardjo.
Jemaah Islamiyah has been weakened by a regional crackdown in recent years. But it is still capable of carrying out attacks, security analysts warn.
Teletekst reports seven terrorists are killed and one of them (Azahari Bin Husin?) could be the brain behind the bombings on Bali and in Jakarta.
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BATU - Police said they were narrowing in on a Southeast Asia terror ringleader Friday, with thousands of troops going door-to-door, checking cars, and combing railway and bus stations in central Indonesia. The discovery of more than 30 bombs inside Azahari‘s hideout, many of them small devices easily contained in backpacks, set off speculation that Jemaah Islamiyah was planning more terror strikes and added urgency to the hunt.
