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Hardline groups still active, recruiting
As a number of terror suspects remain at large across Central Sulawesi residents have been warned about the possibility of further orchestrated attacks by organized cells
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s a number of terror suspects remain at large across Central Sulawesi residents have been warned about the possibility of further orchestrated attacks by organized cells.
Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Ari Dono Sukmanto acknowledged that although only a few people were involved in hardline network activities in Poso, they were intent on carrying out violent acts.
Ari explained the variety of methods they utilized, such as shooting police, bombing strategic places and threatening those who spoke to police.
'They also use the 'disappearance' terror system; like nomads who often move from one place to another,' Ari told
The Jakarta Post.
Ari declined to mention the exact number of people affiliated with this sort of behavior but explained that 24 people were currently named on the police wanted list.
Some of the individuals are Mamat; Santoso, aka Abu Warda; Alian San, aka Pak De aka Komandan; Hendro; Taufik Buraga, aka Upik Lawanga; Herman, aka David; Fadlun, aka Lun; Faris; Anto; Sugiatno, aka Su aka Abiny Irul; Can, aka Fajar, aka Muhammad Fuad; and Ambo Intan aka, Ambo aka Pambo.
'Those are the names we have, there are still others,' said Ari.
Ari said the terrorist cells continually recruit fresh meat process and many of the new names recorded by the police were new members who went to Poso to strengthen the network of extremists.
It is alleged that one style of recruitment is the holding of religious activities as a grooming ground; where persuadable individuals were identified.
The police chief stressed that enforcement measures had been delegated to the police's Densus 88 counterterrorism unit, while Central Sulawesi Police ' supported by precinct across the province ' were tasked with providing
reinforcement.
The regency of Poso has a history of violence and unsettlement; civil clashes rocked the area from 1998, which claimed around 1,000 lives and displaced 25,000 people.
Despite the Malino peace accord signed by Muslim and Christian leaders in December 2001, attacks and clashes carried out by radical Muslims continue.
