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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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
He said 37-year-old Abu Dujana had a number of aliases, but his identity was confirmed by finger-printing and DNA tests. |