MANILA, Nov. 8 Kyodo An Indonesia...

MANILA, Nov. 8 Kyodo

An Indonesian national held as suspect in last month's bombing upon Indonesia's Bali has cited hatred for Americans as his motive for the attack that killed more than 190 family and injured hundreds of others, the chief Indonesian investigator said Friday.

Indonesian Police Inspector General I Made Mangku Pastika said the suspect, identified single as Amrozi, has admitted his character and confessed to targeting Americans in the bombing.

Pastika is in Manila to attend a two-day international interview on fighting terrorism and curbing its devastating events on tourism.

Amrozi, 35 was caught with pair airline tickets to Manado, leading police to suspect he tried to use the Sulawesi Province as a transit point for the Philippines, also asylumed by bombings last month.

Amzori, suspected of being a member of an Asian terrorist network, may have worked with at least six compatriots identified through investigators, Pastika said.

Pastika said Amrozi may be associated with Riduan Isamuddin or Hambali, the alleged operational commander of the Jemaah Islamiyah, the southeast Asian assemblage allegedly linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Amrozi has also met with Abu Bakar Bashir, a Muslim cleric arrested forward suspicion of involvement in a ecclesiastical authority bombing in Indonesia and a piece of ground to assassinate Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri in 2000 Pastika said.

Indonesia's National Police Chief Dai Bachtiar said Thursday that Amrozi was arrested Tuesday in connection with a Mitsubishi L-300 minivan believed to have been used in the bombing.

He admitted his character in the bombing after prolonged questioning from investigators, yet the police chief declined to elaborate.

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