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olice in Central Java have arrested another man believed to be linked to slain terror suspect Dulmatin, as the police watchdog called on the force to capture the terror suspects alive.

The unidentified man was seized in Solo, Central Java, on Wednesday night.

"This is connected to the raids in Aceh and *Pamulang*," police chief investigator Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi said Thursday.

The police carried out a massive crackdown on suspected terrorist training activities in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam last month and arrested 22 suspected militants.

On Tuesday, antiterror troops launched raids in Pamulang, Tangerang, Banten, in which Dulmatin and his two bodyguards were killed.

National Police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri declined to disclose the identity of the man arrested in Solo. "We will publicize his identity in time," he said.

Indonesian Police Watch chairman Neta S. Pane called on police to capture terror suspects alive and not to kill them simply because they fought back.

"I am baffled. Why is it so easy for them to kill people? Why did not they capture them alive?"

Dulmatin was alone and carried a revolver when he was cornered in Pamulang. "He was outnumbered. There had to be a way of getting him alive," he was quoted as saying by Antara news agency.

Neta also criticized the shooting of another two terror suspects while they were riding a motorcycle. "This could set a bad precedent for the police," Neta said.

The police have insisted that they were forced to shoot the armed militants, citing their safety and that of area residents.

Ito said police had asked the Financial Transaction and Analysis Center (PPATK) to help trace the source of financial support for Dulmatin's terror network.

It remains unclear if the terror group had robbed from those they considered heathens to finance their missions.

"The investigation into the source of funding is ongoing," Ito was quoted as saying by news portal detik.com.

The news portal quoted a source who said Dulmatin came to Indonesia to collect charity money amounting to hundreds of million rupiah to support rebels in Mindanao, a hotbed of terrorism in the Philippines.

Dulmatin's widow, Istiadah, and her six children were seen leaving her house in Godog village in Sukoharjo, Central Java, with unidentified men.

Journalists attempted to interview Istiadah earlier about the death of her husband but she declined to comment and suggested they interview Dulmatin's family in Pemalang.

Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo refused to confirm if Istiadah and her children were escorted by police.

"We're focused on the security of Central Java, including Solo," he said.

Neighbors said the family moved there in early February. They lived in a house close to the Ulul Albab Islamic boarding school.

The six children are Adibah Shilihah, 14, Ikrimah Sholih 12, Usamah Muhamad 11, Haidar Khotob 10, Khodijah 8, and Nusaibah 7. The last child was born in Mindanao.