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Indonesia counterterror police kill militant, arrest 3
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Stay alert -- The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad personnel stand guard during a security operation against terrorists recently. (Persda Network/Bina Harnansa)
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ndonesian counterterrorism police have fatally shot a suspected Islamic militant and arrested three others near the capital, Jakarta.
Local police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo said the shootout occurred Thursday in Banten province when a counterterrorism squad ambushed four suspected militants on the outskirts of Cilegon city.
Prabowo told TVOne that police fired on the group after they tried to run down officers with a car.
(Read also: Suspected terrorist in Bandung captured alive)
Muslim-majority Indonesia has carried out a sustained crackdown on militants since 2002, when bombings on the tourist island of Bali by al-Qaida-affiliated radicals killed 202 people.
A new threat has emerged in the past several years from Islamic State group.
