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Police looking for Uighur terrorists

Suspect: A picture of Nuretin aka Abdul, one of two Uighurs believed to have joined the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group, led by Indonesia’s most wanted man, Santoso, is displayed during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi Police office in Palu on Wednesday

Ruslan Sangadji (The Jakarta Post)
Palu, Central Sulawesi
Wed, March 16, 2016

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Police looking for Uighur terrorists Suspect: A picture of Nuretin aka Abdul, one of two Uighurs believed to have joined the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group, led by Indonesia’s most wanted man, Santoso, is displayed during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi Police office in Palu on Wednesday. Nuretin was killed in a shoot-out between MIT supporters and a joint police/military team near Mount Talabosa in Lore Piore district, Poso regency, on Tuesday morning. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)" height="360" border="0" width="639">Suspect: A picture of Nuretin aka Abdul, one of two Uighurs believed to have joined the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group, led by Indonesia’s most wanted man, Santoso, is displayed during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi Police office in Palu on Wednesday. Nuretin was killed in a shoot-out between MIT supporters and a joint police/military team near Mount Talabosa in Lore Piore district, Poso regency, on Tuesday morning. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)

The National Police and Indonesian Military have stepped up efforts to hunt down four foreign nationals believed to have joined the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group led by Indonesia’s most wanted man, Santoso, also known as Abu Wardah, in Lembah Napu, Poso, Central Sulawesi.

Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Rudy Sufahriadi said in a shoot-out between the joint police/military team and MIT members on Mount Talabosa in Lore Piore district, Poso regency, on Tuesday morning, two Santoso terrorists, identified as Magalasi Bahtusan aka Faroq and Nuretin aka Abdul, were killed. Both of them were from Uighur, China.

“Four more people from Uighur joining the Santoso terror group remain at large,” said Rudy, who has served in his position only three days, to journalists on Wednesday morning. The police chief himself led the manhunt on MIT members in a security operation codenamed Operation Tinombala.

Rudy said the security team joining Operation Tinombala was intensifying the manhunt on Santoso terrorists in Lembah Napu, an area comprising North Lore, Central Lore, South Lore and Lore Piore, in Poso.

At the press conference, Rudy also revealed the identities of three women from Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, who are suspected to be with Santoso in a hiding place somewhere in the forest area of Poso. The three women are Umi Delima (Santoso’s second wife), Tini and Umi Mujaddid.

Rudy said the three women had joined MIT to take revenge for the death of their husbands in a shoot-out with the National Police’s counterterrorism squad Densus 88 in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara.

Citing intelligent reports, Rudy said female voices saying “Allahu Akbar…” (God is Great) were heard during a shoot-out between MIT supporters and Operation Tinombala personnel in Torire village, Central Lore, on Feb. 28.

“These are the voices of those women,” said Rudy.

In hiding: A picture of Umi Delima, one of three women from Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, who are suspected to be with Indonesia’s most wanted man, Santoso, in a hiding place in forest areas of Poso, Central Sulawesi, is shown to journalists during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi Police office on Wednesday. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)

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span class="inline inline-center">Suspect: A picture of Nuretin aka Abdul, one of two Uighurs believed to have joined the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group, led by Indonesia'€™s most wanted man, Santoso, is displayed during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi Police office in Palu on Wednesday. Nuretin was killed in a shoot-out between MIT supporters and a joint police/military team near Mount Talabosa in Lore Piore district, Poso regency, on Tuesday morning. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)

The National Police and Indonesian Military have stepped up efforts to hunt down four foreign nationals believed to have joined the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) terrorist group led by Indonesia'€™s most wanted man, Santoso, also known as Abu Wardah, in Lembah Napu, Poso, Central Sulawesi.

Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Rudy Sufahriadi said in a shoot-out between the joint police/military team and MIT members on Mount Talabosa in Lore Piore district, Poso regency, on Tuesday morning, two Santoso terrorists, identified as Magalasi Bahtusan aka Faroq and Nuretin aka Abdul, were killed. Both of them were from Uighur, China.

'€œFour more people from Uighur joining the Santoso terror group remain at large,'€ said Rudy, who has served in his position only three days, to journalists on Wednesday morning. The police chief himself led the manhunt on MIT members in a security operation codenamed Operation Tinombala.

Rudy said the security team joining Operation Tinombala was intensifying the manhunt on Santoso terrorists in Lembah Napu, an area comprising North Lore, Central Lore, South Lore and Lore Piore, in Poso.

At the press conference, Rudy also revealed the identities of three women from Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, who are suspected to be with Santoso in a hiding place somewhere in the forest area of Poso. The three women are Umi Delima (Santoso'€™s second wife), Tini and Umi Mujaddid.

Rudy said the three women had joined MIT to take revenge for the death of their husbands in a shoot-out with the National Police'€™s counterterrorism squad Densus 88 in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara.

Citing intelligent reports, Rudy said female voices saying '€œAllahu Akbar'€¦'€ (God is Great) were heard during a shoot-out between MIT supporters and Operation Tinombala personnel in Torire village, Central Lore, on Feb. 28.

'€œThese are the voices of those women,'€ said Rudy.

In hiding: A picture of Umi Delima, one of three women from Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, who are suspected to be with Indonesia'€™s most wanted man, Santoso, in a hiding place in forest areas of Poso, Central Sulawesi, is shown to journalists during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi Police office on Wednesday. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)
In hiding: A picture of Umi Delima, one of three women from Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, who are suspected to be with Indonesia'€™s most wanted man, Santoso, in a hiding place in forest areas of Poso, Central Sulawesi, is shown to journalists during a press conference at the Central Sulawesi Police office on Wednesday. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)

Replacing Central Sulawesi deputy chief Sr. Comr. Leo Bona Lubis, Rudy, the previous commander of Operation Tinombala, said he was committed to resolving terrorism in Poso.

He called on the newly inaugurated National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief, Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, to pay special attention to tackling terrorism in Poso.

'€œBefore I was appointed as the Central Sulawesi Police chief, Pak Tito had told me that he would spend more time with me in Poso. Thus, I'€™m optimistic that we can treat exhaustively terrorism problems in Poso,'€ said Rudy.

Rudy said it was still a long way to go to overcome terrorism in the regency. After resolving the terrorism threats posed by the Santoso-led MIT group from their hiding place in the forests, the deradicalization program would be the next step, he went on.

'€œDeradicalization is ongoing and is still being evaluated. The presence of Pak Tito will maximize the ongoing deradicalization efforts,'€ said Rudy. (ebf)

 

 

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