Armed officers guard the morgue at the Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Feb. 2(Antara/Basri Marzuki)

The family of an alleged member of the East Indonesian Mujahidin terrorist group killed during a shootout on Sunday plans to bury him in his hometown in Solo, Central Java.

However, the family had yet to receive permission from Central Sulawesi Police to take the body of Dodo aka Pando, said Widayawati, Dodo's mother, on Friday morning.

Widayawati came to Palu with Dodo's brother and her husband's other wife Nining Siti Fajar.

Upon her arrival at Bhayangkara Hospital, Widayawati was able to confirm that the dead body was indeed Dodo by a birthmark on his lower cheek.

"Yes, that is our son Dodo," she told thejakartapost.com on Friday.

Dodo was killed during a shootout with a joint team of police and Indonesian Military personnel in Torire Village, Central Lore subdistrict, Poso regency, Central Sulawesi, on Feb. 28.

Dodo had returned home to Solo two months prior to his death but had stayed at his friend's house, Widayawati recalled.

After a few days in Solo, Dodo traveled back to Poso and Widayawati said that the family had received no word of him until they saw the media reports saying that he had died.

Dodo had been included in the Police's wanted list due to a terror case in Poso.

Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig.Gen. Idham Azis said Dodo had joined the terrorist network lead by Santoso, currently Indonesia'€™s most wanted terrorist, in 2012.

Dodo was Santoso's future son-in-law. He was due to marry Wardah, Santoso's eldest daughter, who is studying at the Ngruki Islamic Boarding School in Solo, according to police investigations.

The Solo native had become Santoso's confidant and had been given the task of publicizing all East Indonesia Mujahidin's activities on the internet.  (rin)(+)

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