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| Indonesia holds extremist leader | Indonesia holds extremist leader |
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| Police in Indonesia say they have arrested the alleged leader of Jemaah Islamiah, the extremist Islamic group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings. | Police in Indonesia say they have arrested the alleged leader of Jemaah Islamiah, the extremist Islamic group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings. |
| A police spokesman said Abu Dujana, Indonesia's most wanted Islamic militant, was arrested on Saturday on the country's main island of Java. | A police spokesman said Abu Dujana, Indonesia's most wanted Islamic militant, was arrested on Saturday on the country's main island of Java. |
| Seven other suspected militants were arrested with him. | Seven other suspected militants were arrested with him. |
| Jemaah Islamiah is also accused of carrying out other attacks, including bombing the Australian embassy in 2004. | Jemaah Islamiah is also accused of carrying out other attacks, including bombing the Australian embassy in 2004. |
| Abu Dujana had been sought in connection that attack in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and a car bombing at the Marriot hotel in the city a year earlier. | Abu Dujana had been sought in connection that attack in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and a car bombing at the Marriot hotel in the city a year earlier. |
| "After interrogating all suspects we know that Abu Dujana alias Yusron Mahmudi is the chief of the military wing of JI," said National Police spokesman Sisno Adiwinoto at a press conference. | "After interrogating all suspects we know that Abu Dujana alias Yusron Mahmudi is the chief of the military wing of JI," said National Police spokesman Sisno Adiwinoto at a press conference. |
| The arrests were made at a house in central Java on Saturday | |
| He said 37-year-old Abu Dujana had a number of aliases, but his identity was confirmed by finger-printing and DNA tests. | He said 37-year-old Abu Dujana had a number of aliases, but his identity was confirmed by finger-printing and DNA tests. |
| He is believed to have been involved in collecting weapons and explosives for Jemaah Islamiah, police have said. | |
| In March raids, police said they found weapons, explosives and chemicals that could be used to make a bomb bigger than the that used in Bali. | |
| The bombings there, on 12 October 2002, killed 202 people - most of them foreign tourists. | |
| The two bombs ripped through a busy nightclub area in Bali's popular Kuta district, killing citizens from 21 countries. | |
| Australia suffered the greatest number of casualties, with 88 nationals losing their lives. | |
| Thirty-eight Indonesians, 26 Britons, nine Swedes, seven Americans, six Germans and four Dutch nationals were also killed. |