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MIT members reveal names, graves of victims
Members of the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) detained during Operation Tinombala have revealed the names and the graves of people they killed in recent years.
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Operation Tinombala Task Force spokesperson Adj. Sr. Comr.Hari Suprapto shows a picture of a dead body suspected to be that of Andika Eka Putra, alias Andika, an East Indonesia Mujahidin terrorist suspect included on the police’s most wanted list (DPO) from Poso, Central Sulawesi, in a press conference on Wednesday. (JP/Ruslan Sangadji)
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embers of the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) detained during Operation Tinombala have revealed the names and the graves of people they killed in recent years
Operation Tinombala Task Force spokesperson, Adj. Sr. Comr. Hari Suprapto said the suspects admitted they killed I Nyoman Astika, 70, a resident of Balinggi village, Parigi Moutong regency in Central Sulawesi.
“They beheaded the victim,” Hari said.
The suspects also admitted to killing two Sedoa villagers in Lore Utara district in 2014 and three villagers from Tamadue, Lore Timur. The latter three were identified as: Garataudu, Harun Tobio, and Ditla Tetelembu. The three were kidnapped as they were looking for rattan and the MIT members later killed them.
“They gave us the direction to the graves of the three men,” Hari went on Thursday.
Operation Tinombala personnel have been deployed to search for the graves and retrieve the remains.
The team arrested a MIT prominent figure in Central Sulawesi on Wednesday, identified as Basri. The police are sending him to the National Police headquarters in Jakarta for further questioning. (evi)
