JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Indonesian National Police on Saturday officially announced the arrest of the principal of the Umar Bin Khatab (UBK) Islamic boarding school, where a bomb blast two weeks ago killed one person, and named him a terror suspect.
National Police Spokesman Brigadier General Ketut Untung Yoga Ana told Antara news agency that after an intensive investigation, security officials decided to officially detain UBK principal Abrory M. Ali, after sufficient evidence was gathered to prove his involvement in the bomb explosion in which school treasurer Firdaus was killed.
The blast occurred on Monday July 7 at around 3:30 p.m. local time in the boarding school, which is located in Sanolo, Bolo, Bima, in the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). Police arrested 11 people possibly linked to the explosion at that time.