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Police deny arrest of MIT members
On guard: An ambulance carrying the bodies of two members of the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group â which is led by Indonesiaâs most-wanted man Santoso, aka Abu Wardah â who were killed in a shootout with a joint police and military team on Tuesday morning, arrives at Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi
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On guard: An ambulance carrying the bodies of two members of the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group â which is led by Indonesiaâs most-wanted man Santoso, aka Abu Wardah â who were killed in a shootout with a joint police and military team on Tuesday morning, arrives at Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji) (MIT) terrorist group â which is led by Indonesiaâs most-wanted man Santoso, aka Abu Wardah â who were killed in a shootout with a joint police and military team on Tuesday morning, arrives at Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)
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span class="inline inline-center">On guard: An ambulance carrying the bodies of two members of the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group ' which is led by Indonesia's most-wanted man Santoso, aka Abu Wardah ' who were killed in a shootout with a joint police and military team on Tuesday morning, arrives at Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)
Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Rudy Sufahriadi has denied circulating information that two members of the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) group, led by Indonesia's most-wanted man Santoso, aka Abu Wardah, had been arrested after the group and a joint Indonesian Military and National Police team engaged in a shootout on Mount Talabosa in Lore Piore district, Poso regency, on Tuesday morning.
Two other MIT members were killed in the incident.
'It's not true that suspected terrorists were arrested. They managed to flee during the shootout,' Rudy told thejakartapost.com on Tuesday evening.
The police chief added that prior to the incident, personnel participating in a security operation dubbed Operation Tinombala expected to arrest the MIT members alive. However, he said, the terrorists appeared to be in possession of weapons and bombs, which led to the shootout with the joint police and military team.
Rudy said the police were hoping that all remaining members of the Santoso-led group would surrender peacefully and immediately, avoiding any unnecessary incidents. He said he hoped no more bullets would be shot from either side, and no more fatalities would be suffered by either party.
'This has always been in our prayers,' said Rudy.
Reports obtained by thejakartapost.com revealed that as of Tuesday evening, gunfire was ongoing in Central Lore between the terrorist group and personnel from an elite force from the Yonif 400/Raiders in Palu, Central Sulawesi. (ebf)
