Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Abdul Ghafur, father of recent suicide bomber in West Java`s Cirebon city, Muhammad Syarif, called on parents to provide guidance for their children so that they would not be trapped in terrorist networks.

"I called on parents to provide guidance for their children so that they would not turn wild and reckless," Ghafur said after the burial ceremony of Syarif at Pondok Rangon public cemetery here on Friday.

Ghafur said that parents should pay attention to the behavior of their children so that they would not develop wild and reckless against police.

He said that he was ready to settle the business problem, including debts of Syarif he had made with other people when he was still alive.

On the occasion, Ghafur also extended his apologies to the members of the victims` families, the people in Cirebon and to all Indonesian people in connection with the suicide bombing carried out by his son.

Syarif committed a suicide bomb attack on a mosque inside the headquarters of Cirebon City Police Precinct at 12.15 when Friday prayers were being performed last week.

He was killed in the bomb attack which injured more than 25 others.(*)

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