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Bali Bombings Linked To Al-Qaeda

Indonesian officials state Sunday that two fugitive terrorists linked to Saturday`s deadly bombing in the resort town of Bali are linked to Osama bin-Laden`s Al-Qaeda network.

The bombings have officially killed 26 and injured over 110 people. Top Indonesian anti-terror official Maj. Gen. Ansyaad Mbai identified the two suspected masterminds as Malaysians alleged to be key members of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror group.

They are also accused of orchestrating the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, as well as two other attacks in the Indonesian capital in 2003 and 2004. Saturday`s attacks consisted of three-suicide bombers who were wearing explosives belts around their bodies walking into crowded restaurants and detonating themselves.