INDONESIA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says suicide bombers likely behind Bali blasts.

Record ID: 359049

  • Title: INDONESIA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says suicide bombers likely behind Bali blasts.
  • Date: 2nd October 2005
  • Summary: ARMED SECURITY PAN: PRESIDENTIAL CONVOY LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 17th October 2005 13:00
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  • Location: Indonesia
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA9I7J0SRLMXVAVN4I97A93KLBN
  • Story Text: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Sunday (October 2) that suicide bombers were likely behind the three attacks in Bali which killed 26 people and wounded 122 others the previous day. Three bombs tore through restaurants packed with evening diners on Saturday (October 1), two at outdoor seafood eateries on Jimbaran Beach and one at a steak bar at Kuta Beach in an area surrounded by shops and jammed with pedestrians, including children. The attacks were the latest in a number of bomb blasts in Indonesia in recent years, several against Western targets, which have hurt tourism and raised concerns among investors about security in the world's fourth most populous nation. "So far our investigation could say that these attacks were done by suicide bombers both in Jimbaran and Kuta Square," Yudhoyono told a news conference on the resort island, after visiting the site of one of the bombings. " ... they did not use a vehicle, rather their own bodies, we have some evidence as in parts of bodies at the location," Yudhoyono said. Earlier Ansyaad Mbai, head of the counter-terrorism desk at the office of the chief security minister, had said as evidence of suicide bombers that: "We found heads detached from their bodies and all of them were around the area of the blasts." Yudhoyono who finishes his first year in office later this month, pledged: "We will do more in our national effort in fighting terrorism. We will continue to conduct evaluation to ensure that our effort is proper to deter and combat terrorism." Earlier on Sunday in Jakarta, a sprawling city of 12 million people, police said the capital was on top alert following the Bali attacks, with some 18,000 officers on standby to guard pivotal points such as embassies and other public places.
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