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Eddy Saparwoko is a sad man this morning: he has had to deliver the news to colleagues in the police and the wider public that the man thought to be South East Asia's most wanted terrorist and the mastermind behind several bombing campaigns over the past several years is not dead. Or at least, the body that police initially identified as his is actually that of a florist known by the single name "Ibrohim" who made floral arrangements at both hotels where suicide bombers attacked last month.

At a press conference, Nanan Sukarna, Indonesia Police's PR officer said that the florist was "a planner and arranger of the bombings" who had worked in the hotels for two years and had begun to smuggle in the makings of the bombs during the three months prior to the attacks. A video shown to reporters showed Ibrohim taking the men who eventually carried the bombs on a dry-run several days before the attacks.

Bizarrely, Ibrohim told both the Ritz Carlton and the JW Marriott hotels that he would not be providing services any longer. That was on the morning of the blast, says AP quoting the head of security for the two hotels concerned.

The police say that they are stepping up their hunt for Top and four others involved in the attacks.

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