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Terror plotters evade capture From: AFP September 22, 2010 12:00AM INDONESIAN police are hunting terrorists who eluded a series of raids on the weekend targeting a group blamed for a spate of hold-ups. US-backed anti-terror police shot dead three suspects and arrested 15 others in operations on Sumatra island as part of investigations into bank robberies and terror-related activity. Police said yesterday agents had opened fire and killed two militants when they tried to use women and children as human shields after security forces surrounded a house at Tanjung Balai, in North Sumatra province. A third suspected terrorist was killed in a separate raid, police said. The operations also netted weapons, including an assault rifle, and 3kg of explosives. Members of the elite Detachment 88 counter-terrorism squad would remain in and around the North Sumatra capital, Medan, where 15 militants who escaped the raids were believed to be at large. "We believe they are still in North Sumatra province," police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said in Medan. The Islamic militants are linked to regional extremist network Jemaah Islamiah and foreign groups that were plotting attacks in the mainly Muslim archipelago, police said. The group was connected to militants who were discovered training in Aceh province, northern Sumatra, in February, leading to the killing and arrest of scores of suspects. Police said they were behind crimes including a bank robbery in Medan on August 18. AFP Related Coverage a.. 'Al-Qa'ida in Aceh' in court The Australian, 26 Aug 2010 b.. Asylum-seeker linked to al-Qa'ida The Australian, 13 Jul 2010 c.. Indonesia's most wanted man arrested Adelaide Now, 23 Jun 2010 d.. Militants planned to assassinate Obama Adelaide Now, 14 May 2010 e.. Embassy attack suspect arrested The Australian, 11 Apr 2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
