1. Dulmatin was a senior figure in the militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah based in Indonesia, and one of the most wanted terrorists in Southeast Asia.
10 Facts About Dulmatin
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Dulmatin was believed to have been the protege of Azahari Husin, under whose guidance Dulmatin became an electronics specialist and bomb making expert.
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Dulmatin participated in the car bomb attack on the Philippine ambassador in Jakarta on 1 August 2000, and assembled the timers for the 38 Christmas 2000 church bombings in Indonesia which killed 19 people.
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Dulmatin was one of the masterminds behind the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia which killed 202 people.
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Dulmatin allegedly set off one of the bombs with a mobile phone.
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Dulmatin was believed to be with the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines since 2003, and was involved in providing explosives expertise and training other militants.
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From radio intercept and human intelligence, authorities believe that Dulmatin was wounded in a gun battle with the Philippines military in January 2007, on the southern island of Jolo.
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In May 2007, Dulmatin eluded capture when he fled from a safe house in Simunul island just hours before Philippine police and military forces raided the location.
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At the beginning of 2010 Dulmatin began training a group of militants in the foothills of Jalin, just south of Banda Aceh in Indonesia in an attempt to build a 'nerve centre for Southeast Asian terrorism' under the name 'Al-Qaeda of the Verandah of Mecca.
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Dulmatin was killed in a police raid in Pamulang, South Tangerang on 9 March 2010 on the outskirts of Jakarta by Detachment 88, Indonesia's special counter-terrorism unit.