Cirebon Mosque Bombing

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta - After a bomb at the scene by the book, this day Indonesia were struck by a bomb blast. This time, a suicide attack took place in the mosque complex Attaqwa the City Police Headquarters (Police) Cirebon.

The incident took place at 12:20, just before Friday prayers began. Actors who according to eyewitnesses was wearing a black robe, was in second rows. The suspect was killed in a place with broken bodies and severed heads. But his face still intact. "Concerned killed," said Chief Public Relations Division Headquarters republic Indonesian Police Inspector-General Anton Bachrul Alam told a news conference in his office.

Most of the injured were police officers, including Police Chief Commissioner of Police Herukoco Cirebon. Currently there are at least 40 victims who were treated at several hospitals, the RS Army, Pertamina Hospital, and Harbor Hospital. They planted dozens of injuries due to nail and got splinters of explosives.
Until now, police are still identifying the location and the body of the perpetrator. Until this news was revealed, there has been no conclusion about the type of bomb and where the perpetrator hid the explosives she was carrying. There is a possibility in the form of a vest or belt.
Late last month, the Australian government has warned about the possibility of terrorist attacks. The warning was delivered after the fugitive a number of countries from Indonesia, Umar Patek, were arrested in Abbottabad, 23 January.
Umar Patek Jemaah Islamiyah which is a figure from Pemalang, Central Java, is a fugitive different countries. The United States government offered U.S. $ 1 million or approximately USD 9 billion to anyone who can divulge the location of the hiding Umar Patek.
He has been trained by Al-Qaeda in Pakistan before the attacks of 11 September 2001. He is believed to be involved in the Bali bombing in 2002 that killed 202 people.
But it did not mention the State Kangaroo mosque as targets for terror bombing. In his official site, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Australia only asks its citizens to avoid locations that are often filled with foreigners, such as nightclubs, bars, hotels, restaurants, and airports.
"" Information in March 2011 indicates that the terrorists may be planning attacks in Indonesia, which could happen at any time, "wrote the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Australia on 31 March.
Observers terrorism, Noor Huda Ismail, said the bombers likely were members of the group Cirebon Masjid Negara Islam Indonesia (NII). This analysis is based on two things, namely penghalalan suicide bombings as well as a symbol of the bombing target countries.
He considered the police headquarters were targeted because a part of the state symbol. In addition, the police continued to actively hunt down terrorists who pose a threat to kelansungan NII movement. He asserted that asjid bomb also signifies a group of West Java that has to do with ideology DI / TII and NII are still very strong in West Java. "Of the nine suicide bombings in Indonesia, six of them, the culprit came from West Java," said Huda who was contacted via cell phone.
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