POLICE SHOW SKETCHES OF TWO SUSPECTED BOMBERS

Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - The faces of two men suspected to have conducted last Friday's bombings in the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels were shown to the public in police-made sketches here Wednesday.

The sketches were distributed to the media at a press conference given by Inspector General Nanan Sukarna, the National Police Headquarters' chief spokesman, and Brigadier General Eddy Suparwoko, head of the National Police's Dental and Health Center.

The sketches were made based on the remains of two severed heads found at the two bombing locations, Sukarna said.

The physical characteristics of the head found at the JW Marriott bombing scene were among other things, male, aged between 16 and 17 years, fair skin, short and straight black hair, about 180-190 cm tall, and shoe size of 42-43.

"The size of his shoes was known because the police found the shoes of the suspected terrorist in the JW Marriott Hotel," Sukarna said.

The sketch of the head found in the Ritz-Carlton hotel had the physical characteristics of : male, aged around 40, brown skin, short and straight black hair, and about 165 cm tall.

The two heads were confirmed not to belong to Nur Hasbi and Ibrahim who were often mentioned by the media as the suspected bombers, the police spokesman said.

The confirmation was based on DNA tests on the two heads and on Nur Hasbi's and Ibrahim's families as well as on information from other parties, he said.

The head found in the JW Marriott hotel was confirmed as belonging to the man who stayed at room no. 1808 of the five-star hotel, he said.

The police said the heads were not those of Ibrahim, Nur Hasbi nor Bahrudin, a suspected terrorist from Cilacap. The police are still unable to establish the identities of the men to which the two heads belonged.

The bomb blasts in the JW Marriot and Ritz-Carlton hotels killed nine people and injured 53 others, including foreigners from among other things, Australia, and New Zealand.