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NATION MUST REMAIN ON GUARD AGAINST TERRORISM : LEGISLATOR
Jakarta, Sept 18 (ANTARA) - Indonesia must remain on guard against more acts of terrorism despite the elimination of Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorist, Noordin M Top, by Indonesian police, a senior legislator said.
"Terrorism should not be considered finished after the killing of Noordin M Top. There are still many of his kind who yet to be caught out there," Theo L Sambuaga, chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I said here Friday.
He said Noordin M Top and his associates had during their under-cover stay in Indonesia recruited many followers whose number and whereabouts were not known by the police.
"Many of Noordin's fanatical followers are still free. They might now very well be moving around Indonesia while planning to bomb public places. Police must hunt them down too," said Sambuaga.
He called on all Indonesian people to support the police's efforts to catch the remaining terrorists. "People should keep alert and when they notice any suspicious activity in their neighborhood, report to the nearest authority immediately," he said.
Commenting on the killing of Noordin M Top, Sambuaga said it was an acievement by the police that needed to be appreciated.
"All House members in Commission I praise the Indonesian Police's success in eliminating the top terrorist and his associates. We know the hunt for Noordin M Top has taken a very long time and much energy," he said.
Noordin M Top's track record showed him to be a cunning terrorist who was able to operate in Indonesia since 2001, and this was all the more reason to value the police's success in tracking him down and neutralizing him, Sambuaga said.
"Noordin M Top's killing is one of the police's highest achievements in their efforts to root out the terrorist networks in Indonesia and Southeast Asia," he said.
Earlier, on Thursday evening (Sept 17), National Police Chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri confirmed that one of four terror suspects shot dead during a raid in Solo, Central Java, on Thursday morning was Malaysian fugitive terror mastermind Noordin Mohammad Top.
Danuri made the confirmation on Thursday evening in a press conference at the National Police Headquarters where he also recounted the chronology of the armed police raid on the terrorist hideout.
Danuri made the confirmation after the police matched Noordin`s fingerprints with those police had kept in their files.
"We obtained Noordin`s fingerprints from the Malayian Police and after we matched these with those of one of the bodies, we found they matched on 14 points on the right and left fingers," Danuri said.
Although the identification by the fingerprints was convincing enough, Danuri said, the police would still conduct a DNA test and announce the results within the next 20 hours.
Besides Noordin, the armed police in the raid also shot dead three other terror suspects, namely Bagus Budi Pranoto alias Urwah, Hadi Susilo dan Aryo Sudarso alias Aji, and found a cache of weapons including grenades in the house as well as eight sacks of explosives. ***
"Terrorism should not be considered finished after the killing of Noordin M Top. There are still many of his kind who yet to be caught out there," Theo L Sambuaga, chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I said here Friday.
He said Noordin M Top and his associates had during their under-cover stay in Indonesia recruited many followers whose number and whereabouts were not known by the police.
"Many of Noordin's fanatical followers are still free. They might now very well be moving around Indonesia while planning to bomb public places. Police must hunt them down too," said Sambuaga.
He called on all Indonesian people to support the police's efforts to catch the remaining terrorists. "People should keep alert and when they notice any suspicious activity in their neighborhood, report to the nearest authority immediately," he said.
Commenting on the killing of Noordin M Top, Sambuaga said it was an acievement by the police that needed to be appreciated.
"All House members in Commission I praise the Indonesian Police's success in eliminating the top terrorist and his associates. We know the hunt for Noordin M Top has taken a very long time and much energy," he said.
Noordin M Top's track record showed him to be a cunning terrorist who was able to operate in Indonesia since 2001, and this was all the more reason to value the police's success in tracking him down and neutralizing him, Sambuaga said.
"Noordin M Top's killing is one of the police's highest achievements in their efforts to root out the terrorist networks in Indonesia and Southeast Asia," he said.
Earlier, on Thursday evening (Sept 17), National Police Chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri confirmed that one of four terror suspects shot dead during a raid in Solo, Central Java, on Thursday morning was Malaysian fugitive terror mastermind Noordin Mohammad Top.
Danuri made the confirmation on Thursday evening in a press conference at the National Police Headquarters where he also recounted the chronology of the armed police raid on the terrorist hideout.
Danuri made the confirmation after the police matched Noordin`s fingerprints with those police had kept in their files.
"We obtained Noordin`s fingerprints from the Malayian Police and after we matched these with those of one of the bodies, we found they matched on 14 points on the right and left fingers," Danuri said.
Although the identification by the fingerprints was convincing enough, Danuri said, the police would still conduct a DNA test and announce the results within the next 20 hours.
Besides Noordin, the armed police in the raid also shot dead three other terror suspects, namely Bagus Budi Pranoto alias Urwah, Hadi Susilo dan Aryo Sudarso alias Aji, and found a cache of weapons including grenades in the house as well as eight sacks of explosives. ***
