One of the most wanted terror suspects, Dulmatin alias Joko Pitono, was killed in a raid conducted by the police’s counterterrorism squad on an Internet kiosk, not a shop-house as reported earlier, in Pamulang in South Tangerang on Tuesday, a source said.
A squad member confirmed the death of Dulmatin, who played a role in the Bali bombing in 2002, which killed over 200 people, mostly foreign holidaymakers.
“He was shot dead just five minutes after he logged on to the Internet,” the source said.
Counterterrorism squad commander Brig. Gen. Tito Karnavian declined to confirm Dulmatin’s death, but said the terror suspect killed was “a big name”.
The source said Dulmatin had supplied weapons to the group of terror suspects currently being targeted in the Aceh regency of Aceh Besar, adding that the suspected terrorists arrested recently had led them to Dulmatin.
Dulmatin is the third most wanted fugitive the police have killed since the Malaysian duo of Dr. Azhari bin Husin and Noordin M. Top in 2005 and 2009 respectively.
The raid comes less than two weeks ahead of the arrival of US President Barrack Obama on March 22. The United States said it would release US$10 million as part of the bounty allocated for Dulmatin.
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