Indonesia, first arrest made over Bali blasts

Denpasar (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Indonesian police have made their first arrest over the October 1st's suicide bombings in Bali. The man is a construction worker identified only by his initials HS and also been identified as "Hasan".

"This person is strongly suspected of having links with the Bali blasts," deputy national police spokesman Soenarko Artanto said.

The man was arrested in the provincial town of Jember in East Java on Sunday. He was brought to Bali on Monday.

Police have questioned 230 people over the attacks. Most suspicion has fallen on Jemaah Islamiah or a splinter faction of the shadowy network, seen as the regional arm of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda.

Suicide attacks on October 1 in the tourist resorts of Jimbaran and Kuta, and the island of Bali, killed 25 people and wounded more than 130 others.

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