One Terrorist Suspect In The Suicide Bombing Of The Astanaanyar Police, Azhari's Doctor

Densus 88 saat menangani kasus bom kebunuhan. (foto; dok antara)

Densus 88 Anti-terror arrested five terrorist suspects who were part of a network of suicide bombings at the Astanaanyar Police. In fact, one of them with the initials SU is a student of Doctor Azhari, a dedengkotterist from Malaysia.

"The search for studying bombs has been going on for a long time, he or a student from the dedengkot of a bomb terror expert who we know Azhari's doctor," said Densus 88 spokesman Kombes Aswin Siregar, quoted on Saturday, August 5.

Doctor Azhari is an engineer from Malaysia who was the mastermind behind various acts of terror in Indonesia, such as the 2000 Christmas Eve Bombing, the 2003 Marriot Bombing, and the Bali Bombing I and II. The terrorist city was killed in an ambush carried out by Densus 88 in Batu City in 2005.

Returning to SU, Aswin said that Azhari was not a direct teacher. However, the knowledge of assembling bombs from the dedengkot of acts of terrorism is owned by the suspect.

"Azhari has cadres and cadres are teachers for SU. SU has training to make materials, switches, packages," he said.

In the case of the suicide bombing of the Astanaanyar Police, SU is said to have a big role. Starting from assembling to handing over the bomb to Agus Sujatno who is a 'player'.

"SU delivered, sent the package itself which was to be detonated by the US and handed it over to one of the regions," said Aswin.

Previously, Densus 88 Polri succeeded in dismantling the terrorist network responsible for the suicide bombing at the Astanaanyar Police, Bandung, on December 7, 2022. The five suspects, he continued, had the initials S, AS alias AM, TN, PS, AG, and R.

"There are five suspects who have been arrested and are being investigated by Densus 88. They are a network of groups that carried out the suicide bombing at the Astana Anyar Police," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan.