REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KEDIRI -- The Indonesian Police's anti-terror squad Densus 88 gunned down a terror suspect in Kediri, East Java Province, stated a policeman.
Kediri Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Bambang W. Bain confirmed about the shooting here on Friday, but he declined to divulge further details.
"We were only instructed to secure the scene. Further information should be obtained from the National Police Headquarters," he informed the press.
According to some sources, the Densus 88 team conducted a raid on the terror suspect's house in Krenceng village, Kepung sub-district in Kediri district.
The suspect was believed to be linked to the terror network led by Santoso who has been operating in Poso, Central Sulawesi.
A shootout occurred between the suspect and police officers before the Densus 88 personnel finally managed to gun down the suspect.
The terror suspect's body is currently being kept at the Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Kediri.
In the meantime, three villagers were shot dead by alleged terrorists in the district of Poso, Central Sulawesi, the Poso police said on Friday.
Dolfis Alipa, Heri Tobio, and Ditla Tetembu belonging to Tangkura village, in the sub-district of Poso Pesisir Selatan, were found dead on Thursday with bullet injuries and knife wounds on their bodies, Poso Police Chief Adj. Sr Comr Ronny Suseno stated.
He remarked that the police were still looking for the armed gang who are suspected to have fled to a nearby jungle.
The bodies of the three victims have been retrieved and handed over to their relatives.
Ronny said the perpetrators were believed to be members of a terrorist group headed by Santoso, who has 20 followers hiding in the jungle.
In December 2014, Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo had stated that the government, with the assistance of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) personnel, in early January 2015, will weed out Islamic State (IS) members who have entered Poso, Central Sulawesi.
"President Jokowi's instruction is to sweep clean. All the TNI forces will be deployed. How come (we have done) nothing against them for the last ten years. Starting next month, we are going to the field and crush (them)," Minister Kumolo said in Papua, last month.
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