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JAKARTA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Three militants suspected of beheading three
Christian schoolgirls have been arrested in the Indonesian restive town of Poso
and the video of their confession was shown here on Friday at the police
headquarters.
In the five-minute video, the suspects appeared separately to confess their
crime or express remorse with the absence of their lawyers.
"I'm responsible for the killing of three students of the Poso Christian
High School. I would like to apologize to the families of the victims and I
realize now what I have done is against the law," said Hasanuddin, one of the
suspects.
Another suspect identified as Haristo said he was a member of the Poso Mujaheedin
which involved in the beheadings, the killing of a prosecutor, the shooting
of a female priest and other attacks on several churches in Poso.
The three were arrested last week in separate police raids.
Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said Hasanuddin was the
suspected brain behind the brutal killing last October.
"We have a list of several other suspects who remain at large,"he said.
Poso in Central Sulawesi province has become a scene
of sectarian conflicts between Muslims and Christians since 1999, during which
hundreds of people were killed in violent clashes. Enditem |