Bombs in a shoe shop

Police uncovered the Mustofa network in Semarang along with a cache of explosives and chemicals. This Central Java cell had set performance targets as far as 2025.

October 14, 2003

The four wooden racks of sandals and hiking boots were lined up against the whitewashed walls of the guest room measuring 18 square meters. The floor of the shop was tiled with white ceramic. It was, in appearance, a shoe and sandal showroom. But, as it turns out, the inhabitants of the house were only using the shop as a front. Police first discovered the true purpose of the house when they raided the place on July 11.

What they found surprised t

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