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Indonesia reports arrest in Marriot bombing case

Indonesian police announced yesterday they had arrested a suspect in the attack on the J.W. Marriot Hotel in Jakarta, which killed 12 people and injured nearly 150.

"Police arrested a suspect in the bombing several days ago outside Jakarta," said Lieutenant-General Erwin Mappaseng, chief of detectives, who refused to identify the individual.

General Da'i Bachtiar, Indonesia's national police chief, said Thursday that several individuals had been picked up for questioning in the Marriott bombing.

"We have detained several people and we are questioning them but there is insufficient evidence yet to prove their links with the Marriott bombing," said Bachtiar, who refused to give the number of people detained in Indonesia or say where they were being questioned.

Authorities suspect that the Marriott attack was organized Jemaah Islamiyah, which is also blamed for last October's blasts that killed 202 people in the resort island of Bali.

The Jakarta Post newspaper, said nine people had been detained.
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