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Govt Has Yet To Confirm The Identity Of Bali Bomber Umar Patek
JakartaGlobe
JAKARTA - The government was still unable to confirm on Thursday whether a suspected terrorist recently arrested in Pakistan was in fact Umar Patek, an Indonesian who is wanted here in connection with the 2002 Bali bombings.
"We are now crosschecking the information," Sutanto, head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), said at the State Palace. "The photo is identical, but we need to check more."
Umar Patek, a suspected member of Jemaah Islamiyah, a regional terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda, was reportedly arrested in Pakistan earlier this year. The government says a team of intelligence officials and police officers has been sent to Pakistan to determine the identity of the man.
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