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Body is virtually identical to Santoso, Tito says
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Members of Indonesian Military (TNI) cross a river in Poso forest area in Central Sulawesi in this file photo taken on April. 6. The Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Rudy Sufahriady said warned his subordinates on Friday to be aware on possible counter attack from Santoso and his followers of East Indonesia Mujahidin Group as the group had not yet been captured despite intensifying Operation Tinombala. (thejakartapost.com/Ruslan Sangadji)
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e have 90-percent confirmed that one of the people killed by the Operation Tinombala task force on Monday was East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) leader Santoso, National Police Chief Tito Karnavian said.
“We will double check by cleaning the body and inviting his closest relatives to verify if the body is indeed his,” added Tito at State Palace on Tuesday.
The features of the deceased are identical to terrorist suspect Santoso, including a mole on his brow, Tito confirmed, explaining that a police forensics team was examining the two bodies in Palu, Central Sulawesi.
“We still need to wait for the results of a DNA test, but I would say that the features of the deceased are 90-percent identical to Santoso,” he asserted.
During an exchange of fire with two women and three men, Alpha 29, an Operation Tinombala taskforce team, shot and killed two alleged terrorists, one of which had long hair, a mole on his face, and a long beard, a source from the field said. These features are reported to be the same as those of Santoso. (dan)
