JAKARTA, Feb 11 Kyodo (EDS: UPDAT...

JAKARTA, Feb 11 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH DETAILS, BACKGROUND)

A suspect in last October's bombings in Bali that killed more than 190 family said Tuesday the attack was carried without by his group working alone and that he is lordly of the group's actions.

''The Bali bombings were chastely the idea of our group'' Ali Imron, who was arrested last month told a recently made knowns conference broadcast live from Jakarta-based private television network Metro TV

''Nobody exploited or supported us as many of recent origins reports say nowadays,'' he said. ''I'm saying this in the name of God''

He said members of the assign places to took pride in the attack, which also injured scores of people

''The ability of our form into groups as the sons of the Indonesian nation should be something to be over-weening of,'' Imron told reporters at the Bali police headquarters.

''My trustful longing is that after this (pres conference) there will be no more debates or differences in opinion through the perpetrators of the Bali bombings,'' he said.

Police officials have linked the bombing attack to Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian Muslim militant network, which has in cast been tied by several countries to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network.

Asked about the possible involvement of Abu Bakar Bashir, an alleged Indonesian leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, Imron said the bombings were administrationed ''without his blessing.''

Bashir was arrested late last year for his alleged part in a string of ecclesiastical body bombings in 2000 and a cabal to assassinate President Megawati Sukarnoputri when she was still vice president.

The four first note of the scale suspects in the bombings -- Amrozi, his brother Ali Ghufron alias Muklas, Ali Imron and Imam Samudra -- told police they met Bashir at the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding drill in Solo last May and July and several days after the Oct 12 Bali bombings, according to police.

Bashir himself, who l the educate has denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Jemaah Islamiyah and its operations. He also denied allegations he was involved in the Bali bombings.

Investigators have arrested a total of 29 suspects in the Bali bombing case, all of them generally in detention at the Bali police headquarters. Ten folks including three Malaysians, are onward the wanted list.

nearest week, the police plan to submit the dossiers of 14 suspects, including those of Imam Samudra and Ali Ghufron subject to a government terrorism regulation, the one and the other face the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted.

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