Severed Head Clue to Jakarta Bomb

World | August 8, 2003, Friday // 00:00

A severed head found at the scene of a hotel bombing in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, has been identified as that of a member of an Islamic militant group, police have said. The head of Asmar Latinsani, 28, from West Sumatra, was identified by two jailed members of the Jemaah Islamiah group who said they had recruited him. The police statements appeared to back up speculation that the car bomb, which exploded outside the Marriott Hotel on Tuesday and left at least 10 people dead, was a suicide attack. Jemaah Islamiah, which has been accused of carrying out last year's bomb attacks on the island of Bali, is now the prime suspect behind the Jakarta blast, police said.

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