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An Indonesian student suspected in last week’s high school mosque bombing had assembled small-scale explosive devices at home and wanted to mimic extremists he met online, but had no ties to any terrorist network, authorities said Tuesday.
Police Investigators describe the 17-year-old boy who was one of 96 people injured in Friday’s blasts jakartaAs a single person who is obsessed with violent and extreme content. The student, who has not been identified, was still recovering in hospital after two surgeries.
“This boy was motivated to initiate such actions,” Iman Imanuddin, general criminal investigation director of Jakarta police, told a news conference. “He felt alone and had no place in his family, community or school to express his grievances.”
The student assembled seven bombs using very simple materials, including a 6-volt battery, a plastic jerry can, a remote control and sharp nails with the intention of causing damage – four of which exploded, said Henik Marinto of the police mobile brigade unit.
“We have secured the remaining active bombs which failed to detonate,” Marinto said. He said the suspect had put them together alone, following instructions from the Internet.
Police also recovered a toy submachine gun belonging to the suspect that was scrawled with white supremacist slogans and the names of international extremists, including neo-Nazis convicted of deadly attacks in Canada. ItalyA mosque attacker in New Zealand too Columbine High School Shooter.
“Those symbols and names are just violent personalities and ideologies that inspired the teen to imitate, but there is no connection between the suspect and any terrorist network,” said Mayandra Eka Wardhana, a spokesperson for the elite anti-terrorism squad.
He said the suspect could not be charged under Indonesia’s strict anti-terrorism laws, but could face a charge of premeditated aggravated assault, which carries a penalty of up to 12 years in prison.
Officials said more than half of the 96 injured students lost their hearing, four of them suddenly deaf, and 11 students were still being treated Tuesday, including one in critical condition with burns.