INDONESIAN authorities are in hot pursuit of Umar Patek, the last alumnus of the Bali bombing terrorist cell who remains at large after the death this week of his accomplice Dulmatin.

It is believed the two men, who had been hiding in the southern Philippines for years, returned to Indonesia more than six months ago to set up a new terrorist group based in Aceh drawing on militants from several radical groups.

The Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in Canberra yesterday, announced the death of Dulmatin.

”We can confirm that one of those killed was Mr Dulmatin, one of the top South-East Asian terrorists that we’ve been looking for,” Dr Yudhoyono said.

The other terrorist being sought by Indonesian police is Patek, Dulmatin’s long-standing friend and an Indonesian of Arabian descent, intelligence sources told the Herald. Continue reading →

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