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Mujahidin leader killed in Sulawesi shootout, police say
A joint operation by military and police personnel killed Ali Kalora in a shootout at a village on Sulawesi island on Saturday afternoon, according to a police statement.
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Several members of Police' Mobile Brigade get on a vehicle to get to Sedoa Village, North Lore subdistrict in Poso of Central Sulawesi on March. 24. The police personnel are part of the joint Tinombala Operation to capture Indonesia's most wanted terrorist Santoso and his followers of East Indonesia Mujahidin radical group. (Antara/Edy)
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span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Indonesian security forces have killed the leader of militant group East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT), which has ties with Islamic State, police said on Sunday.
A joint operation by military and police personnel killed Ali Kalora in a shootout at a village on Central Sulawesi on Saturday afternoon, according to a police statement.
Another militant, identified as Jaka Ramadhan, also known as Ikrima, was also shot dead, police said, adding that a hunt was underway for four other MIT members.
Explosives, an M16 rifle and two machetes were found, along with other evidence of militant activity, following the raid.
Kalora took over as MIT leader after security forces killed its previous head, Santoso, in 2016.
Authorities believed MIT was behind the brutal murder of four villagers in Central Sulawesi in November 2020, although the group did not claim responsibility.
Its former leader Santoso was once the most wanted militant in Indonesia, a country with the world's largest Muslim population. Santoso was one of the first militants in Indonesia to pledge allegiance to Islamic State.
