Indonesian terror suspects arrested with homemade bombs

INDONESIAN police arrested 10 terrorist suspects with a cache of powerful homemade bombs yesterday.

Indonesian terror suspects arrested with homemade bombs
Fri, 04 Jul, 2008 - 01:00

Police say the cell is linked to Malaysian extremist Noordin Mohammad Top, a Jemaah Islamiyah group leader wanted for allegedly masterminding the 2002 Bali bombing.

They were arrested this week in Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra province, where Australian and US-trained anti-terror police also found more than 20 bombs in a house.

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