Source: Khaleej Times

Indonesia on Friday arrested a principal of an Islamic boarding school suspected of being a bomb factory, following an explosion inside the campus that killed a man earlier this week, police said.

Identified only as Abrori, the teacher was detained at his parents’ house in Bolo sub-district of West Nusa Tenggara province, after police raided the school and ended a three-day standoff with armed students.

West Nusa Tenggara Province - Mataram Mall at the center

“Based on witnesses’ testimonies, they planned to carry out bomb attacks against police,” police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam told reporters.

Police said the teacher was wanted in relation to the explosion late Monday which killed a suspected militant, as well as an earlier fatal knife attack on a policeman by one of his students.

It was not clear if he would be charged with any offence or if he had just been brought in for questioning.

Police say the Umar bin Khatab school is linked to radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who was jailed for 15 years last month for funding a terrorist group that was planning attacks against Westerners and political leaders.

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