INDONESIA - Sefa Riano did not try to hide his plans or beliefs.
A Facebook page that police traced to him was plastered with photos of bearded men in camouflage uniforms holding rifles and banners hailing "The Spirit of Jihad".
One status update in late April apologised to his parents before telling them goodbye.
Another declared ominously, "God willing, I will take action at the Myanmar Embassy, hope you will share responsibility for my struggle".
It ended with a yellow smiley face.
Days later, police arrested Riano, whose Facebook name is Mambo Wahab, just before midnight in central Jakarta.
Police said he and another man were on a motorbike carrying a backpack filled with five low-explosive pipe bombs tied together.
Riano, 29, is awaiting charges related to allegations that he plotted to bomb the embassy to protest against the persecution of Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
A police investigator revealed Riano's connection to the page, which was still online yesterday.
The investigator spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to reporters.
The investigator said Riano caused his own downfall by publicising his mission on Facebook, but added that police believe it was another Facebook page that drew him to radical Islam to begin with.
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