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Military exercise aids terrorist hunt
Acting National Police chief Comr
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cting National Police chief Comr.Gen.Badrodin Haiti says the joint combat exercise carried out with the Indonesian Military (TNI) in Poso, Central Sulawesi, since April 1, has aided efforts to hunt down members of a terrorist group led by Santoso and Daeng Koro.
The exercise, involving around 3,000 military personnel, had forced the terrorist group to flee to a safer place, he said.
Badrodin said the police had expected the terrorist group to flee to Poso regency and its surrounding areas.
'It has been successful as the police arrested two terrorist suspects,' said the former Central Sulawesi Police chief as quoted by Antara in Palu on Sunday.
The military exercise is taking place in locations near Mount Biru, Poso, which has been widely known as the hiding place of armed civilian groups. During the exercise, the military personnel launched a barrage of rockets into several locations at Mt.Biru.
Badrodin said the National Police and the TNI would continue to coordinate to track down the movements of terrorist groups.
Earlier, TNI commander Gen.Moeldoko said the combat exercise was an annual event routinely held nationwide.
'The exercise is not aimed at apprehending terrorist groups; but; once we detect their presence, we will ask them to surrender. Otherwise, we will shoot them,' he said in Palu. (ebf)
