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| Indonesia's anti-terrorism forces killed two terrorists |
JAKARTA, Indonesia – According to police spokespersons; two alleged terrorists were killed by Indonesia's anti-terrorism forces in Central Java during a raid in wee hours on Saturday.
Col. Boy Rafli Amar, national police spokesperson, told further that a rice vendor was also killed as a result of strayed bullet hit him during the exchange of fire between Indonesia's anti-terrorism forces and the militants.
Suspected terrorists were identified as Sigit Qurdowi, a leader of a local militant group called Hisbah, and his bodyguard, Hendro. Both of them are among escapees wanted for a church attack in Central Java last year, Amar further added.
"They have planned attacks against police," Amar said, adding that the two resisted arrest.
A number of terrorist suspects have been arrested following a suicide bombing last month at a mosque in Cirebon that wounded 30 people, mostly policemen.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has been battling extremists since 2002 when al-Qaida-linked militants attacked two nightclubs on Bali island, killing 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.
Saturday's raid came two days after the arrest of four other suspects in nearby district of Solo.
Police confiscated a number of firearms, grenades and more than 500 bullets, in both the arrests and latest raid.
Brig. Gen. Untung Yoga Ana said the rice vendor, Nur Iman, was believed to be hit by a gunshot fired by Qurdowi on Saturday.
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