Densus 88 Arrests Four Terrorist Suspects in Jatiluhur;Two Killed
25 December 2016 17:20 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Police’s Densus 88 counter-terrorism squad has arrested four terrorist suspects in Jatiluhur, Purwakarta regency, West Java.
Two of them were killed in the crossfire.
"At around 9 am, we arrested two terrorist suspects identified as Ivan and Rijal on Jalan Ubrug, Jatiluhur district, Purwakarta regency," said National Police Spokesperson Brigadier General Rikwanto through a text message on Sunday.
According to Rikwanto, after the two were arrested, the squad then hunted down two other suspects and searched for them near Jatiluhur dam.
At around 12 am, Densus 88 raided a floating house on the lake and when the two suspects were about to be arrested, they tried to counter attack the squad, thus leading to crossfire.
"They tried to counter attack the squad and after the crossfire, they were killed,” Rikwanto said.
The two terrorist suspects killed were identified as Abu Sofi and Abu Fais.
As of now, it is not known yet from which terrorist network the four men are.
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