Indonesian police chief says terror suspect infiltrated national airline in attack plotJAKARTA, Indonesia — A suspect wanted in connection with hotel suicide bombings in the Indonesian capital infiltrated the national airline in a plot to carry out a “bigger attack,” the police chief said Monday. Indonesia police name suspect as possible courier of al-Qaida funds for hotel bomb attackJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police on Tuesday widened their investigation into last month’s bombing of two Jakarta hotels, naming a suspect who may have served as a courier for al-Qaida to fund the attacks. Indonesian police question suspects over possible al-Qaida funding in Jakarta hotel bombingsJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police questioned two alleged Islamist militants Tuesday about possible al-Qaida links to twin suicide bombings in the capital last month that killed seven people, officials said. Report: Bus carrying workers for US mining giant Freeport in Indonesia attacked; 5 injuredJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired Sunday at a bus carrying employees of U.S. mining giant Freeport in eastern Indonesia, injuring five, police and a news report said, in the latest in a series of attacks near the world’s largest gold mine that have killed three people. Powerful earthquake shakes western Indonesia, injuring 4JAKARTA, Indonesia — Witnesses and media say a powerful earthquake hit western Indonesia, toppling buildings, cutting electricity and causing at least several injuries. Indonesian police say slain militant was hotel florist who plotted Jakarta bombingsJAKARTA, Indonesia — When bomb blasts tore through two luxury hotels in Indonesia’s capital where Andi Suhandi worked as a florist, he tried to phone a colleague to make sure he was safe. Gunmen fire on bus owned by US miner Freeport in Indonesia’s Papua; spokesman says no injuriesJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired on a bus that had just dropped off employees working for U.S. company Freeport at the world’s biggest gold mine Wednesday, a company spokesman said. Indonesian police say DNA test shows body of suspected terrorist is not Noordin TopJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s most wanted Islamist militant, accused in a string of deadly terror attacks including a bombing in Bali, was not killed in a shootout last week as initial media reports suggested and remains at large, police said Wednesday. Plot to kill Indonesian president exposed as police rush to identify dead terrorist suspectJAKARTA, Indonesia —Police scrambled Sunday to identify the body of a suspected terrorist killed in a farmhouse gunbattle after discovering a plot to kill Indonesia’s president in a suicide car bombing. Police say terror suspect was planning suicide attack on Indonesia’s presidentBEJI, Indonesia —A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gunbattle with police at a village hide-out was planning a suicide car bomb attack on Indonesia’s president, the national police chief said. Indonesian police say DNA testing needed to confirm top terrorist suspect killed in gunbattleBEJI, Indonesia —Police reportedly killed the self-proclaimed Southeast Asian commander of al-Qaida on Saturday in a 16-hour siege of a village hide-out, but authorities said they could not confirm that a recovered body was that of the militant leader without DNA tests. Indonesian police storm house with suspected terrorist leader inside; reports say he’s deadBEJI, Indonesia —Southeast Asia’s most wanted terror suspect was reportedly killed during a 16-hour siege on a suspected militant hide-out that ended Saturday when police stormed the house, but officials said they could not yet confirm he was among the dead. Alleged architect of Indonesian terrorist attacks reportedly killed eluded capture for yearsJAKARTA, Indonesia —Noordin Mohammad Top, an aspiring regional commander for al-Qaida who evaded capture for years until he was reportedly shot dead in a raid Saturday, has been linked to a series of bombings in Indonesia that killed 250 people. Indonesian police storm house where suspected terrorists are holed upBEJI, Indonesia —Southeast Asia’s most wanted terror suspect was reportedly killed during a 16-hour siege on a suspected militant hide-out that ended Saturday when police stormed the house. Indonesian police raid house, kill 2 militants; lay siege to second propertyJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police hunting the terrorists behind last month’s attacks on hotels in the capital raided one house and besieged another Saturday, killing two suspected militants, arresting five and seizing explosives and a car bomb, a senior officer said. Indonesian police exchange gunfire with militants in hunt for top terror suspectJAKARTA, Indonesia — Police hunting for an alleged terror leader suspected of masterminding last month’s bombings at two Jakarta hotels surrounded a house in central Indonesia on Friday and were exchanging gunfire with militants loyal to him inside, police and a witness said. Indonesian TV: Police hunting terror suspect Noordin Top involved in shoot outJAKARTA, Indonesia — Police hunting for terror suspect Noordin Mohammad Top surrounded a house in central Indonesia and were exchanging gunfire with suspected militants holed up inside it Friday, police and a witness said. Indonesian tribe files lawsuit against mining company Freeport, claiming rights abusesJAKARTA, Indonesia — Lawyers claiming to represent an Indonesian tribe have filed a lawsuit against U.S. mining company Freeport, demanding $30 billion in damages for unspecified environmental and human rights violations, court officials and a media report said Friday. SE Asia terror suspect purportedly claims responsibility for Jakarta hotel bombingsJAKARTA, Indonesia — Police were investigating the origin of an Internet message claiming responsibility for twin hotel bombings in Indonesia’s capital nearly two weeks ago. The group calling itself al-Qaida Indonesia said the attacks targeted the American business community. Posting on Internet claims responsibility for Indonesia hotel bombingsJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police say they are investigating an Internet message claiming responsibility for the suicide attacks on two Jakarta hotels nearly two weeks ago. Failure of 3rd bomb in Jakarta hotel attacks likely saved many livesJAKARTA, Indonesia — Many more people could have died in last week’s suicide attacks on two American-owned hotels in Indonesia’s capital if a third bomb placed in a guest room had not malfunctioned, police said Friday. Indonesian police say 3rd bomb was planned in Jakarta hotel attacks but malfunctionedJAKARTA, Indonesia — The suicide attackers who struck the Indonesian capital last week planted a third bomb intended to send panicked crowds to hotel lobbies where the other bombs would explode, but the device’s timer malfunctioned, police said Friday. More shooting on road to Freeport’s Indonesian gold mine; 3 woundedJAKARTA, Indonesia — Three more people were wounded by gunfire Wednesday at the world’s largest gold mine, the latest ambush targeting employees of U.S. conglomerate Freeport in Indonesia’s underdeveloped Papua province. More shooting on road to Freeport’s Indonesian gold mineJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired Wednesday at vehicles operated by U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia’s impoverished Papua province, injuring two guards and a policeman in the latest attack on the world’s largest gold mine, police said. Indonesian TV says wife of most-wanted Southeast Asian militant detainedJAKARTA, Indonesia — A wife of one of Southeast Asia’s most-wanted militants was detained for questioning Wednesday after bombings last week at two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital that killed seven people, local television reported. Indonesian police say Dutch couple killed in Jakarta hotel suicide bombing last weekJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police identified the remains Tuesday of two more victims of last week’s suicide bombings in Jakarta, raising the number of foreigners killed to six. Police in Indonesia detain 17 suspects in deadly shootings at Freeport’s gold mineJAKARTA, Indonesia — Police detained 17 suspects believed involved in a series of deadly ambushes at the world’s largest gold mine, an official said Tuesday. Police detain 17 suspects in deadly shootings at Freeport’s Indonesian gold mineJAKARTA, Indonesia — Police detained 17 suspects believed involved in a series of deadly ambushes at the world’s largest gold mine earlier this month, an official said Tuesday. Malaysian fugitive terror mastermind aspires to lead regional al-QaidaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Southeast Asia’s most wanted Muslim militant is said to be a masterful bomb-maker and aspiring regional commander for al-Qaida, who has eluded capture for nearly a decade. As search for clues continues, 1st funeral held for Jakarta bomb blast victimsJAKARTA, Indonesia — The first of the Jakarta hotel bombings’ seven victims was buried Monday — just days after he again became a father. |