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Jakarta –
The 88th Task Force Anti-Terrorism Team arrested fugitive terrorist Zulkarnaen alias Aris Sumarsono alias Daud alias Zaenal Arifin alias Abdulrahman. Zulkarnaen after 18 years became a fugitive.
“The suspect (DPO) Zulkarnaen alias Aris Sumarsono alias Daud alias Zaenal Arifin alias Abdulrahman has been arrested without resistance on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 7.30pm WIB in East Lampung Regency, Lampung,” said the Chief of Police Public Relations National, Inspector General Argo Yuwono. asked for confirmation detikcom, Saturday (12/12/2020).
Argo said that Zulkarnaen was a fugitive from the Bali I Bombing terrorists. At the time, Zulkarnaen was the commander of the Askari (armed group) Jamaah Islamiyah (JI).
“Zulkarnaen was the commander of Askari Jamaah Islamiyah during the first bombing of Bali. He made the unit khos who was later involved in the bombing of Bali and the conflicts in Poso and Ambon. Unit khos is the same as special working group“he added.
The Densus 88 team also searched Zulkarnaen’s home. Currently, Zulkarnaen is still under intense scrutiny.
“It is still being examined,” he said.
Zulkarnaen is said to have complete abilities. Starting with building bombs, physicists (to predict the effects of the explosion) and chemicals to create bomb materials, including the ability to recruit followers, so that the figures are very prominent.
Zulkarnaen, who also goes by the other name Daud, aka Arif Sunarso, is suspected of being in charge of all of JI’s terrorist operations. He is also the president of the Askari Council or the leader of the Jamaah Islamiyah armed group, but he is not the field executor, but the person responsible for the acts of terror.
Several bomb blasts that received Zulkarnaen’s blessing are suspected of including Bombardment I of Bali in 2002 which killed 202 people. Also the bombing at the JW Marriott Hotel in 2003, as well as the bombing at the Australian Embassy, Jakarta, in September 2004.
(may / jbr)
