Indonesia arrests bomb suspects

By Lucy Williamson
BBC News, Jakarta

The men have been flown into Jakarta for questioning

Ten men suspected of planning bomb attacks in Indonesia have been arrested by police and flown to Jakarta.

They arrived in the capital after several raids on addresses in Sumatra.

One of the suspects is reported to be a foreign national and the arrests have raised fresh questions about the state of militant networks in the country.

Police say the 10 suspects have links to Noordin Mohamed Top, a radical Islamist who is top of their most-wanted list.

He is suspected of masterminding deadly bomb attacks in Indonesia.

Bomb-making haul

The first arrest came after Singapore officials alerted police to a man working as an English teacher on the island of Sumatra who they said had links to the regional militant network Jemaah Islamiah.

That man, police say, has already confessed to training several people in bomb-making techniques.

At least 19 bombs, several containers of bomb-making chemicals and electronics were also seized in the raids.

Unconfirmed media reports have also linked one of the suspects to Osama Bin Laden after police confirmed he had spent time at a military training camp in Afghanistan.