Indonesian police hope that six terror suspects arrested last week can lead them to the Malaysian explosives experts wanted for the Bali and Marriott bombings, a report said today.

"We are now still questioning the suspects. We hope we can locate Azahari and Noordin after the interrogations as we believe they know the two men's whereabouts," national detective chief Suyitno Landung Sujono was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying.

The two Malaysians, Noordin Mohammad Top and Azahari Husin, narrowly escaped arrest last October. They are suspected of playing key roles in both the Bali blasts which killed 202 people in October 2002 and the Marriott hotel bombing which killed 12 people in Jakarta last August.

The al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah is blamed for those attacks and for a series of other blasts.

Still in Indonesia

The six were rounded up by counter-terrorist officers during a raid in the Central Java town of Sukoharjo last Wednesday.

Police say the six people were initially arrested in connection with last year's bombing outside the United Nations headquarters in Jakarta but are also being probed for possible links to the Bali and Marriott attacks.

The April 2003 explosion just outside the UN building caused little damage and no injuries.

Sujono was quoted as saying that police believe both Azahari and Noordin are still in the country. He and the national police spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment. - AFP