Indonesian police to release recorded testimonies of suicide bombers

Indonesian Police plan to release the video compact disc containing testimonies from three suicide bombers before they carried out attacks in Bali on Oct. 1, a spokesman said Tuesday.

The release of their testimonies is aimed at "increasing public awareness" of the danger of terrorism, police spokesman Aryanto Boedihardjo told reporters at the police headquarters here.

National Police Chief Sutanto said earlier the president had ordered him to make public testimonies of the bombers.

The VCD, to be released next month, contains three episodes: verbal testimonies of the bombers, bomb-making instruction and military training, said Aryanto, adding that the police consider releasing only the first episode.

According to Aryanto, the bombers told their relatives that by the time the VCD is in public knowledge, they already "live in heaven."

The last month's Bali restaurant bombings killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 150 others.

Two of the bombers are identified as Misno and Salik Firdaus.

Source: Xinhua