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Terrorists in Ciputat planned suicide bombings: Police
National Police spokesperson Brig
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ational Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said on Thursday that six terrorists gunned down in a New Year's Eve raid in Ciputat, South Tangerang, had planned suicide bomb attacks at two or more Buddhist temples in Jakarta.
'From evidence collected, many temples are targets. Two temples (of them) were mentioned as marks in one document,' Boy said at National Police headquarters in Jakarta.
The police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad gunned down six suspected militants in an overnight raid in Kampung Sawah, Ciputat. The police suspect that the men were responsible for a string of deadly shootings targeting police officers and the bombing of the Ekayana Buddhist temple ahead of Idul Fitri last year.
The counterterrorism squad confiscated from them six pipe bombs, six handguns, five machetes and knives, bomb-making materials and a sheet of paper listing around 50 Buddhist temples in Jakarta.
'Besides the suicide bomb plans, they were also targeting to attack police precinct offices and staging fai [robberies aimed at financing terrorist activities],' he said.
The Ciputat raid was conducted following the arrest of a suspected militant, Anton alias Septi, in Banyumas, Central Java, on Tuesday.
According to Boy, Anton and his accomplices in Ciputat were loyalists of Abu Roban, the slain leader of West Mujahidin Indonesia.
'They planned [attacks] collectively. Anton plays a dominant role ['¦] He planned and executed attacks on police officers. Second, he is a bomb expert. Third, he placed the explosives at the Ekayana Temple and was involved in several robberies,' Boy said.
Following the deadly raid in Kampung Sawah, Densus 88 on Wednesday afternoon searched a house in Rempoa, Ciputat, where the group kept explosives.
On the same day, the police detained Sadullah Rojak, a private employee, in Sukaraja, Bogor, on the outskirts of Jakarta. From him, the police confiscated an airsoft gun, a pen gun, half a bag of fertilizer and a bucket containing white powder.
