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"Explosives
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KUTA,
Indonesia, October 26 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The lethal
explosives used in the devastating Bali bombings were made by
Indonesians with the help of foreign bomb experts, Indonesia's chief
investigator said Saturday, October 26.
The
bombs used in the October 12 blast were assembled by Indonesians who
"could not have done it without the help from foreign bomb
experts," Inspector General Made Mangku Pastika told Agence
France-Presse (AFP).
"The
perpetrators are Indonesians and we believe that the explosives used
in the bombings were brought in from outside Bali."
Investigators
have determined that a mobile phone was used to trigger a small bomb
near the U.S. consulate in Bali minutes after the deadly blasts
outside packed bars in the island's popular tourist district of Kuta.
They
have not ruled out the possibility the same technology was used to
detonate the Kuta bombs which killed at least 190 people and injured
hundreds.
"The
technology using mobile phones as a remote control is new for
Indonesia and this is something that requires guidance from foreign
experts," Pastika said.
A
team of international investigators is using witness accounts to piece
together sketches of three Indonesian men believed to have planted the
bombs.
But,
national police spokesman Brigadier General Edward Aritonang said the
sketches would not be released to the public until police are certain
the three carried out the terror attack.
No
one has claimed responsibility for the bombing although foreign
governments have accused Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network and its
regional ally, the Jemaah Islamiyah.
Abu
Bakar Bashir, a 64-year-old Muslim cleric suspected of being the
spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, remained under police guard in
hospital in Central Java more than a week after he collapsed with
apparent respiratory problems.
He
is wanted for questioning over a spate of bombings two years ago,
which killed 18 people, and an alleged plot to kill Megawati
Sukarnoputri before she became president.
Bashir
has not been named as a suspect in the Bali killings, and has denied
all links to terrorism.
