Captured Terrorist Bombs Explode in Indonesia
By Kenneth Conboy
The late Jemaah Islamiyah bomber, Azhari Husein, who was killed when his house in East Java was raided in 2005, appears to have struck from beyond the grave. On 17 June, several of his bombs, which were being kept as training aids, blew apart a warehouse of the Indonesian police Mobile Brigade just south of the capital Jakarta.
The explosions took place at around 0215 on 17 June and are believed to have been caused when torrential rains prompted a short circuit in the warehouse. The explosions were heard for 5 kilometers and broke windows in several adjacent houses.
Sources in the Indonesian media said the warehouse stored several home-made bombs seized from Azhari's hideout in 2005, as well as several other bombs seized during the capture of JI suspects in 2007. They were being used by counter-terrorist units to study how terrorists put together their devices.
