Afghanistan link to Indonesian bombings

By Amit Baruah

SINGAPORE, JAN. 6. One of the four suspects being held by the Indonesian police for their alleged role in the Christmas eve serial bombings has told detectives that he had received military training in Afghanistan.

According to a report in The Jakarta Post today, Dedi Muliyadi (31) had told the police that he and his dead colleague, Yoyo, had been trained in Afghanistan.

The national chief of detectives, Inspector-General Engkesman Hillep, was quoted as saying that Dedi and two others were responsible for the blast in a welding shop in Bandung.

The newspaper also reported that the single group behind the Christmas eve bombings, which killed 18 persons, had established links with ``underground movements'' in other countries such as Malaysia.

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