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Article: MARRIOTT HOTEL BOMBING SUSPECT EXPRESSES REMORSE.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2004
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Jakarta, July 20 (ANTARA) - A suspect in the Marriott Hotel bombing case, Masrizal alias Tohir, admitted at the South Jakarta district court on Tuesday he regretted being involved in the bombing act at the hotel in the capital city on August 5, 2003. "I deeply regret the fact that many civilian Muslims fell victim in the bombing," Tohir said answering a question by the presiding judge at the court, Sri Mulyani. According to Tohir who hails from Pekan Baru, Riau, the first idea of bombing was to blow up buildings considered as US assets because the superpower was regarded as the mastermind of all turmoils on earth. Tohir said he was initially required by ...