Indonesian police said today they had arrested 10 people in connection with the deadly August 5th bombing of a luxury Jakarta hotel and were seeking to apprehend more suspects.
"First we captured six people, and then four people," national police chief General Da'i Bachtiar told reporters. He gave no details, but added: "This is still developing. We are still searching for several people who need to be arrested."
Police have identified the suicide bomber who set off the blast at the JW Marriott Hotel as a 28-year-old man, Asmar Latin Sani.
Security forces were on their highest state of alert today for more attacks by radicals as the country celebrated independence day nearly two weeks after the blast which killed 12 people and wounded 150.