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Governor calls on task force to round up all of Santoso's followers
Central Sulawesi Governor Longki Djanggola has called for the continuation of Operation Tinombala, even though the most-wanted terrorist Santoso, aka Abu Wardah, has been pronounced dead.
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Several members of the police Mobile Brigade get on a vehicle to go to Sedoa Village, North Lore subdistrict in Poso of Central Sulawesi, on March. 24. The police officers were part of the joint Operation Tinombala to capture Indonesia's most wanted terrorist Santoso and his followers in the radical East Indonesia Mujahidin group. (Antara/Edy)
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entral Sulawesi Governor Longki Djanggola has called for the continuation of Operation Tinombala, even though the most-wanted terrorist Santoso aka Abu Wardah, has been pronounced dead.
"I hope Operation Tinombala can get all of Santoso followers to surrender," Longki said in a statement on Tuesday as quoted by Antara News, referring to the operation tasked to hunt down the leader of the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terrorist group and his men in Poso, Central Sulawesi.
The governor, who is currently on a working visit to Europe, in a written statement expressed his appreciation for the National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI), whose task force personnel stopped the notorious Santoso.
Longki also took the opportunity to thank President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for responding to the concerns of Central Sulawesi residents and assigning the defense force to address the terrorist movement in Poso.
Santoso and one of his men, named Muchtar, were shot dead on Monday evening by members of Alpha 29, an Operation Tinombala task force team, in Poso. (liz)
