JAKARTA. National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said the suicide bomber who had blown himself up at a Solo police station was the only suspect so far in the attack that allegedly targeted police personnel gathered for a morning briefing.
"He ([Nur Rohman, 30) is probably the only suspect, as he produced the explosive device himself,” Badrodin was quoted as saying by tribunnews.com on Wednesday.
Badrodin said Nur Rohman might have made the bomb in December or January, given the device’s similarity with those seized by police last year.
According to Badrodin, Nur Rohman is a member of the Jamaah Anshar Khilafah Daulah Nusantara terrorist network. He managed to slip away from police raids in Bekasi in December last year.
However, a source at the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) said Nur had been a member of a homegrown Islamic State cell led by Arief Hidayatullah, alias Abu Musab. Arief was detained by police in December last year for allegedly plotting a New Year's Eve attack.
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