Bahrun Naim

Bahrun Main
Born Muhammad Bahrun Naim Anggih Tamtomo
(1983-09-06) 6 September 1983
Pekalongan, Indonesia
Nationality Indonesian
Religion Islam
Parent(s) Sugiran (father)
Surati (mother)

Military career

Allegiance Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(2014–present)

Muhammad Bahrun Naim Anggih Tamtomo (better known as Bahrun Naim), is allegedly the mastermind of 2016 Jakarta attacks.

Names

Among his supporters he is also known as Na'im or Abu Rayyan or Abu Aishah.[1][2]

Background

Naim was born in Pekalongan on September 6, 1983 and grew up in Pasar Kliwon. He was admitted in 2002 and graduated with an Associate degree in Information Technology at the State University of Surakarta in 2005[3] and once worked at an Internet café as a computer technician.[1][2]

Terrorism

Naim has often been associated with Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (or MIT) leader Abu Wardah, who has pledged allegiance to IS.[4] He has been known to the authorities since at least 2010 during terrorism investigations in Bekasi. At that time the Anti-terror Detachment 88 arrested a Uyghur foreigner by the name of Alli. The squad searched Alli's residence in the Green Boulevard residential area at Taman Harapan Indah, Bekasi, at around 16:30 pm, December 23, 2010, but they did not find Alli's passport, instead they found a vest-mounted suicide bomb and 533 pieces of 7.62 cm rifle bullets and 31 pieces of 9 mm bullets .[2][5] He is thought to be behind the funding of foreign nationals as well as pouring some funds to Indonesia to assemble bombs.

He was sentenced to two and half years in prison by the State Court of Surakarta with verdict of violating the Emergency Law No. 12 of 1951 on the possession of firearms and explosives.[6] From around October to November 2015, a Facebook account, named "Muhammad Bahrunnaim Anggih Tamtomo" actively distributed tutorials on making bombs and homemade firearms. The page address was once linked to another radicals's website, which listed more comprehensive bomb-making.[6]

Bahrun Naim went to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in 2014 and is currently thought to be still in Syria. Initially, he joined an ISIS support group in Solo.[1] In Syria, Bahrun created a blog, bahrunnaim.co, and started to write and interact with his supporters through online media.[7] In one of his posts, Bahrun told his struggle to Syria. He took his wife and two children. At that time, his young wife became pregnant.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tentang Bahrun Naim yang Diduga Sosok Pengendali". CNN (in Indonesian). 14 January 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Empat Kelebihan Ini Membuat Bahrun Naim Dianggap Berbahaya". Tempo Nasional (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  3. ↑ Arie Sunaryo. "Selama kuliah di UNS, Bahrun Naim tidak punya prestasi istimewa" (in Indonesian). Merdeka. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Jakarta attacks: Profile of suspect Bahrun Naim". BBC. 14 January 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Siapa Bahrun Naim ISIS di Balik Teror Sarinah?". SCTV (in Indonesian). Liputan6. 14 January 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Akun Facebook 'Bahrun Naim' Pernah Sebar Tutorial Membuat Bom !". Tribun. 14 January 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Story of Bahrun Naim, Suspected Mastermind of the Jakarta Attack". Tempo English. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
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