title: DNA analysis in perpetrator identification of terrorism-related disaster: suicide bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta 2004.
abstract: We report the strategy that we employed to identify the perpetrator of a suicide car bombing in front of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 9 September 2004. The bomb was so massive that only small tissue pieces of the perpetrator could be recovered, preventing conventional approach to the identification of the bomber, necessitating the introduction of DNA analysis as the primary means for perpetrator identification. Crime scene investigation revealed the trajectory of the bomb blast, which was used to guide the collection of charred tissue fragments of the perpetrator. Mitochondrial DNA analysis was first conducted on 17 tissue fragments, recovered over large areas of the trajectory to, (a) confirm that they are of a common source, i.e. the perpetrator, and thus (b) establish the mtDNA HV1 sequence profile of the perpetrator. The mtDNA of the perpetrator matches that of a maternally related family member of one of four suspects. Standard autosomal STR analysis confirmed the identification. This case is of interest as an illustration of a successful application of DNA analysis as the primary means of disaster perpetrator identification.
authors.affiliation: Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jl. Diponegoro 69, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia. herawati@eijkman.go.id
authors.forename: Herawati
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sudoyo
authors.forename: Putut T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Widodo
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suryadi
authors.forename: Yuliana S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lie
authors.forename: Dodi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Safari
authors.forename: Agung
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Widjajanto
authors.forename: D Aji
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kadarmo
authors.forename: Soegeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hidayat
authors.forename: Sangkot
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marzuki
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis; D004190:Disasters; D005107:Explosions; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D013405:Suicide; D023481:Terrorism
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial