THE attack by a group of armed men on the Hamparan Perak district police station in North Sumatra last Wednesday killed three policemen. The bloody incident happened only two days after 20 people suspected of robbing the CIMB Niaga bank in Medan last August, were arrested. Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri charged Abu Tholut and his group as the responsible party. Who is Abu Tholut, reportedly more dangerous than the notorious Dr Azahari and Noordin M. Top—two Malaysian terrorists who were killed in a police attack?