By NINIEK KARMINI, Herald News DailyJAKARTA, Indonesia - A police raid on a house used by the purported ringleader of an al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asia terrorist network turned up a bomb-making and recruitment video, police said Friday.
Thousands of security forces were going door-to-door, checking cars and combing rail and bus stations in central Indonesia.
Authorities identified Top and Azahari as key leaders of the al-Qaida-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah, coordinating a series of bombings in Indonesia in recent years, including the 2002 and 2005 attacks on the resort island of Bali.
"In the rush, he left behind his personal belongings, including the video" that taught bomb-making techniques and how to recruit terrorists, Sutanto said. The video included images of the three men who carried out triple suicide bombings on Indonesia‘s Bali island last month.
Despite Azahari‘s death, police warn that Jemaah Islamiyah may be plotting more attacks.
Metro TV station, citing the discovery of a map by forensic experts, said attacks may have been planned for this month in at least four cities, including Jakarta.
"It‘s only a matter of time before we catch him," Mbai said.
But in addition to Top, at least two of the group‘s leaders remain at large. They are believed to be in the Philippines.
National police spokesman Brig. Gen. Sunarko Artanto said Azahari had three bullet wounds to the chest — at least one in the heart — and died wearing a suicide vest and holding a handgun.
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