Dua Tewas, Pasca Densus 88 Gerebek Terduga Teroris di Jatiluhur
Indonesian Police Fatally Shoot 2 Militants, Arrest 2 Others
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
SATUAN khusus antiterorisme Detasemen Khusus 88 (Densus 88) menembak mati dua terduga teroris dan menangkap dua orang lainnya dalam kontak senjata.
Para tersangka ditembak mati oleh Densus 88 setelah menolak menyerahkan diri di rumah mereka di Waduk Jatiluhur di Kabupaten Purwakarta, Jawa Barat, kata Kepala Biro Penerangan Masyarakat Polri Brigjen Pol Rikwanto.
Penangkapan itu terjadi di tengah tindakan tegas Kepolisian RI (Polri) di beberapa kota di Jawa setelah menangkap seorang 'calon pengantin' yang berniat menjadi pelaku bom bunuh diri dan terduga teroris lainnya yang diduga merencanakan serangan bom bunuh diri.
Rikwanto mengatakan dua terduga teroris ditangkap termasuk satu orang yang terluka dan dibawa ke RS Polri di Jakarta.
Dia mengatakan polisi menyita beberapa parang dan dokumen dari rumah terapung tersangka dekat waduk, setelah menyatakan tekad mereka untuk berjanji setia pada ISIS dan berniat ambil bagian dalam serangan bom bunuh diri.
Tiga terduga teroris yang berencana melakukan serangan bom bunuh diri pada akhir tahun tewas dalam baku tembak di Tangerang Selatan, seperti dilansir Associated Press yang dikutip MailOnline.
MEMBERS of Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism squad fatally shot two suspected militants and arrested two others during a raid Sunday on the main island of Java.
The suspects were shot by the anti-terror unit after refusing an appeal from authorities to surrender from their safe house at Jatiluhur reservoir in West Java's Purwakarta district, said National police spokesman Brig. Gen. Rikwanto.
The arrest came amid a security crackdown in several cities on Java after police arrested a would-be suicide bomber and other suspected Islamic militants who were allegedly planning a holiday season suicide bombing earlier this month.
Rikwanto, who goes by one name, said two suspects were captured alive, including one who was injured and taken to a police hospital in the capital, Jakarta.
He said police seized several machetes and documents from the suspects' floating house near the reservoir, including a will in which they stated that they had pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State group and wished to take part in suicide attacks.
Three suspected militants who were allegedly planning a New Year's Eve suicide bombing were killed in a gunbattle this past week on the outskirts of Jakarta.
Police said the holiday season plot was uncovered during the interrogation of militants arrested Dec. 10 who were planning a suicide bomb attack on a guard-changing ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta the next day.
Police have said that foiled plot, in which a woman was to be the suicide bomber, was orchestrated by Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian with the Islamic State group in Syria. They also say Naim was behind a bomb lab that was raided last month in West Java and contained enough explosive materials to make bombs three times more powerful than those used in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
The government has increased security across Indonesia. It has deployed 150,000 security personnel to safeguard churches, airports and other public places in a national security sweep.
Indonesia has suffered a spate of deadly attacks by the Jemaaah Islamiyah network in the past. But strikes in recent years have been smaller and less deadly and have targeted government authorities, mainly police and anti-terrorism forces.
