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July 22nd, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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Indonesian police have shot dead two terrorist suspects armed with a homemade bomb and arrested another two.
Indonesia’s counter-terrorism chief Ansyaad Mbai said the men were part of a violent Islamist group and were shot as the anti-terror police unit conducted a raid on the street in an East Java town.
Local police say the men are connected to a recent attempted suicide bombing on a police compound in Poso, a district on Sulawesi island known for militant activity.
The bomber blew himself up, injuring a construction worker.
It was the first suicide attack in Indonesia since September 2011 when a bomber injured dozens in an attack on a Central Java church.
Police say the suicide bomber was suspected of being part of the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen Islamist terror group headed by Santoso, Indonesia’s most wanted militant.
The group hides out in the jungles around Poso and is suspected of carrying out a series of attacks, including police killings.
Indonesia has been waging a campaign against Islamist terror groups for more than a decade and has largely dismantled some of the deadliest groups, with only low-impact attacks carried out in recent years.
AFP
Topics:
terrorism,
unrest-conflict-and-war,
government-and-politics,
police,
crime,
law-crime-and-justice,
indonesia,
asia
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