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Corpse of Poso terrorist buried in hometown
The corpse of 22-year-old alleged terrorist Fonda Amar Sholihin arrived in Surakarta, Central Java, early on Friday; his body had been kept in Poso, Central Sulawesi, for nearly three weeks after he was killed in a shootout at the end of last month.
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People transport the corpose of alleged terrorist Fonda Amar Sholihin from his family home to be buried in a cemetery in Surakarta, Central Java, on Friday. Fonda, apparently a member of the MIT group led by terror convict Santoso, was killed during a shootout against security officers in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Feb. 28. (thejakartapost.com/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
Ganug Nugroho Adi
Surakarta, Central Java
The corpse of 22-year-old alleged terrorist Fonda Amar Sholihin arrived in Surakarta, Central Java, early on Friday; his body had been kept in Poso, Central Sulawesi, for nearly three weeks after he was killed in a shootout at the end of last month.
After Fonda's body arrived in Surakarta at 4:30 a.m. on Friday, his family took the body to the family house in Bengosan village, Purwosari, to pray over the body. Fonda was then buried in Polokarto cemetary, Sukoharjo regency.
Fonda aka Dodo died on Feb. 28 in a shootout with joint officers of the National Police and Indonesian Military (TNI) in Torire village, Central Lore subdistrict, Poso.
"His body was damaged in several places. There were gunshot wounds to the head, he had lost his front and lower teeth and his knees were dislocated," cemetery official Endro Sudarsono said on Friday.
Hundreds of people escorted Fonda's body to the cemetery, including several carrying black flags identical to the ones used by militant group Islamic State (IS). Meanwhile, a poster displayed in front of the family home read, "Welcome, Fonda Amar Sholihin, God's willing defender of Islam (died in syahid)".
Surakarta native Fonda was apparently a member of the East Indonesia Mujahidin terrorist group led by fugitive Santoso aka Abu Wardah.
After he died, the police kept his body in a hospital morgue in Central Sulawesi for further investigation. His family and lawyers criticized the police for delaying the release of the body for three weeks, claiming they were waiting for DNA testing results.
The body was flown to Surabaya, East Java, on Wednesday, before being conveyed overland to Surakarta. (rin)
