Densus 88 Has Not Stopped Investigating The Astanaanyar Bomb, Capture Again 6 Terrorism Suspects In West Java

Karopenmas Divhumas Polri Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan at Polda West Java (ANTARA/Bagus Ahmad Rizaldi)

JAKARTA - The Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Anti-terror arrested six suspected criminal acts of terrorism in West Java related to the bomb action at the Astanaanyar Police, Bandung City, West Java. Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan said the six suspects were arrested after the bomb incident. The six suspects had the initials YS, SH, AS, DP, TJD, and AM.

According to him, the six suspects were part of the Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) terrorist network. They are suspected of having a role to know the planned action or bomb-making by Agus Sujatno alias Abu Muslim as the perpetrator of the suicide bombing. In addition, he said, there was another suspect who was arrested in Central Java related to the Astanaanyar bombing. The suspect had the initials RSM, which belongs to the JAD group. He said the chronology of the suicide bombing incident occurred on Wednesday (7/12) at 08.14 WIB at the Astanaanyar Police, Bandung City, West Java. At that time, the perpetrator Agus Sujatno broke through the ranks of members of the police who were apple in the yard of the Astanaanyar Police and then detonated the bomb.

From that incident, he explained, 12 people became victims, one of whom died, then 11 people were injured. "For the victims who died, Aipda was awarded an extraordinary promotion to Aiptu Anumerta," he said.