Indonesia holds suspect over suicide bombings

JAKARTA, Oct 2, 2011 (AFP) - Indonesia has arrested one of its four most wanted terror suspects over two suicide bombings in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, police said Sunday.

JAKARTA, Oct 2, 2011 (AFP) - Indonesia has arrested one of its four most wanted terror suspects over two suicide bombings in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, police said Sunday.

Beni Asri was listed among the main suspects behind a suicide bombing of a packed church in Solo last week and a similar attack at a police mosque five months ago in Cirebon, both on the island of Java.

"We believe that he knows about hidden packages of homemade bombs," Boy Rafli Amar told AFP, adding that the man was captured in Solok city on Sumatra island but giving no details on when the arrest was made.

Last week's bombing wounded dozens of people and was carried out by a 31-year-old, Ahmad Yosepa Hayat, who police said had been involved in the Cirebon attack, when 30 people were wounded.

Most of Indonesia's 200 million Muslims are moderates, but the country has struggled to deal with numerous attacks by radical extremists such as the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, which carried out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.

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