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Indonesian police: Terrorist infiltrated airline

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-08-31 20:36

Smoke rises from a burning mock Boeing 737-400 plane during a drill in Hasanuddin airport in Makassar in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province August 19, 2009. [Agencies]

JAKARTA: Indonesia's police chief says a suspected terrorist infiltrated the national airline in a plot to carry out an attack.

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National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri told members of parliament Monday that one of four suspects wanted for July suicide bombings in the capital Jakarta had been working as a technician for the airline, Garuda.

The suspect identified as Syahrir had been recruited and documents seized by police uncovered a plan to carry out a "bigger attack" on Indonesia's airline sector. The suspect no longer works at Garuda but remains at large.

Danuri declined to provide further details.

The bombings at the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels on July 17 killed seven people and wounded more than 50. The attacks ended a four-year lull in terrorism in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.

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