JAKARTA, Nov. 2 Kyodo pair suspec...

JAKARTA, Nov. 2 Kyodo

pair suspects in the deadly bombing of the JW Marriott tavern in Jakarta have admitted carrying disclosed the attack and expressed lamentation for their actions, a private television network reported Sunday.

''I admit that I did (the bombing), (so) I would like to apologize to the victims,'' Tohir alias Masrizal alias Masud, 29 told Surya Citra Televisi, based in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya, in a brief interview.

''I'd like also to apologize to all Muslims who undergoed because of the acts I have done,'' he said.

The next to the first suspect, Ismail alias Ari Kumala, 28 also regrett his actions in the interview.

Tohir and Ismail were arrested Wednesday in face of a shopping mall in the West Java coastal town of Cirebon, bordering Central Java Province.

The pair men and a third suspect, Asmar Latin Sani, are suspected of carrying not at home the Aug. 5 hotel bombing that killed 12 clan and injured 150 others.

Asmar, who is believed to have driven the car that carried the bomb was among those killed in the bombing and parts of his corpse were found at the scene

Following their arrest, Tohir and Ismail reportedly provided information to police upon two other suspects who are still at large -- Malaysian nationals Azahari and Noordin Mohamad Top.

The sum of two units Malaysians, the most wanted terror suspects in Southeast Asia, fl just before police raided scopes they had rented in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung forward Thursday.

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