Islamic terrorists suspected in Yogyakarta bank robbery
Jakarta
(AsiaNews) - The whole country is shocked by the RPI Bank robbery in Yogyakarta
(Java), yesterday by an unknown group with weapons and explosive devices. The
police fear a change of tactics by Islamist terrorist groups, who use robberies
to finance their attacks. The
theft took place yesterday in the Bri offices located within the Rsup Dr.
Sadjito Hospital. According
initial reports the robbers broke into the bank wearing masks stole 15 thousand
dollars in cash and left the scene after planting the bombs, which later had to
be detonated by the bomb squad.
For
the moment police have excluded the track terrorist, however, Gatot Sudibyo, a
veteran of the Jakarta police says that the explosives placed by the robbers
were made by expert hands. The
bomb squad were forced to explode the devices planted in the bank.
In
recent days, another robbery occurred at Sewon Bantul regency within the most
important school complex in the area. The
robbers attacked the school seized the staff, getting away with around 17
thousand euros.
In
August 2011, the sensational robbery at Niaga Cmib Bank, in the province of
Medan (North Sumatra), which cost several casualties among security personnel
and police officers, revealed the terrorists
new methods of self-financing. As
for these two robberies, at the time the police downplayed any link to avoid
speculation. Later
it was discovered that the 16 robbers were linked to a major terrorist group. After
the events of Medan, the organization has continued to strike at other places,
including a jewelry store in Bali in March 2012.
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