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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Indonesian police ofďŹ cers carry the body of a ferry ďŹ re victim at a hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. A docked ferry has caught ďŹ re in central Indonesia, triggering a stampede.
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Indonesian passenger IHUU\ FDWFKHV ‍ۋ‏UH GHDG Associated Press SURABAYA — A docked ferry has caught fire in central Indonesia, triggering a stampede that left at least eight people dead and dozens injured.
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Jakarta - A spokesman of the National Police said Ahmad Urip, a suicide bomber at a church in Solo, was a member of Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT). “Ahmad was a member of JAT Cirebon chapter, and also a friend of Mochamad Syarif, a suicide bomber at Adz Zikra Mosque in Cirebon (on April 15, 2011),� Inspector General Anton Bachrul Alam, the head of the National Police`s public relations division, said here on Tuesday. Ahmad Urip alias Ahmad Yosefa alias Hayat alias Raharjo, had accompanied Syarif when the later planned to carry out a suicide bombing at Adz Zikra mosque, he said. Syarif was active in the membership of JAT Cirebon led by Agung Nur Alam alias Abu Husama, he explained. “Ahmad was also the perpetrator of Alfamart
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The ferry accident was Indonesia’s second this week. On Monday, six people died and 15 others went missing when a ferry caught ďŹ re after colliding with a coal-laden ship off Borneo island. Ferries are a main source of transportation in Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation of 235 million people.
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Brig. Gen. Edi Sumantri, deputy police chief in East Java province, says 500 passengers had already boarded the ferry at the Surabaya port when the ďŹ re broke out in a truck that was parked in the vessel early Wednesday. Some passengers jumped into the sea and others caused a stampede as they tried to run down the loading ramps.
defacement in Cirebon in 2010,� he said. Ahmad, the suicide bomber died in the attack on the Full Gospel Bethel church (GBIS) in Kepunton, Solo, Central Java, around 11am on Sunday (Sept 25). The body of the suspected bomber had been taken to the police hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, for forensic tests. The blast meanwhile had also seriously injured 14 people and lightly wounded four others. Police are still investigating the person who had led the oath taking ritual of Ahmad. Syarif had taken an oath in a ritual led by Amir Markasiah , ustadz Abu Bakar Ba`asyir in Tasikmalaya in 2008, together with 10 other members of JAT Cirebon. Syarif had also been active in following teaching classed led by Ba`asyir in several places in West Java. Continued on page 6
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