Indonesia steps up hunt for Bali bomb masterminds

INDONESIAN police scrutinised amateur video yesterday that showed a man apparently with a backpack entering a Bali restaurant seconds before one of three suicide blasts that killed as many as 22 people.

The tape, and photos of three severed heads believed to be those of the bombers, were being widely shown by Indonesian media as the country launched a huge manhunt for the masterminds of Saturday's attacks.

Some 200,000 Indonesian police officers were placed on top alert nationwide.