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Alleged terrorists wanted to make Halmahera new Poso: Police
The eight suspected terrorists captured by the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad in Banten and West Java on Thursday were allegedly affiliated with terrorist organization Jamaah Anshar Daulah (JAD) and planned to build a military base camp in Halmahera, North Maluku, a senior police officer has said.
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On guard: Police personnel guard a vehicle used by three suspected terrorists who were captured by the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad in an operation in Kampung Kepuh, Ciwandan, Cilegon, Banten, on March 23.
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he eight suspected terrorists captured by the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad in Banten and West Java on Thursday were allegedly affiliated with terrorist organization Jamaah Anshar Daulah (JAD) and planned to build a military base camp in Halmahera, North Maluku, a senior police officer has said.
“They were planning on building a new base and move their military camp in Poso, Central Sulawesi, to Halmahera,” National Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Martinus Sitompul told journalists at police headquarters on Friday.
Seven out of the eight suspected terrorists were captured alive while another one was killed during the raid.
Martinus said Nanang Kosim, who was killed during the raid in Cilegon, Banten, and Suryadi Mas'ud aka Abu Ridho, who was arrested in Pesanggrahan, Bekasi, West Java, participated in military training in the southern Philippines. Nanang was shot as he reportedly tried to attack an officer during the ambush in Banten on Thursday.
Martinus further said Suryadi funded the Thamrin attacks in January 2016 and provided the two Thamrin terrorists with guns, which he purchased in the Philippines. He was also allegedly involved in a terrorist network operating in Indonesia and the southern Philippines.
Although the name of the terrorist organization in the southern Philippines remains unknown, Martinus said Suryadi trained for a long time in the region and came back to Indonesia to spread his knowledge on terrorism and fund the development of a terrorist military base camp in Halmahera. (hol/ebf)
