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<http://www.reuters.com/> Reuters Indonesia nabs Islamist preacher; one dead in raids Wed, Jun 23 2010 JAKARTA, June 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-terror police swooped on militants in a series of raids on Java island on Wednesday, killing one and arresting three, including the country's most wanted Islamist preacher, a police source said. "We captured three today, including Abdullah Sonata. One was killed during an exchange of fire," a highly-placed source from the police's anti-terror unit Detachment 88 told Reuters, adding that Sonata was found in possession of weapons. Police in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, had put Sonata at the top of their most wanted list. He was sought for his role in planning a jungle militant training camp in Aceh region -- on the northwestern tip of Sumatra island to the west of Java -- and for recruiting new members. Indonesia's Metro TV said police also discovered documents that showed militants were planning to attack the Danish embassy in Jakarta, but the police source declined to confirm the report. Denmark has been a frequent target of Islamist militants in various countries following the publication in a Danish newspaper in 2005 of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. In May, police said a group had set up a paramilitary training camp in Aceh and planned to launch a series of attacks. These included a Mumbai-style hotel siege targeting foreigners and an assault on the president and foreign guests at an independence day ceremony in August. [ID:nJAK214087] Sonata had previously been arrested in 2004 for concealing information about Noordin Mohammad Top, the head of a violent splinter of Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah, blamed for a string of bomb attacks against Western symbols over the past 10 years. He was released in March 2009. (Reporting by Olivia Rondonuwu; Editing by Neil Chatterjee and Ron Popeski) C Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. Users may download and print extracts of content from this website for their own personal and non-commercial use only. Republication or redistribution of Thomson Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters and its logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Thomson Reuters group of companies around the world. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to colleagues, clients or customers, use the Reprints tool at the top of any article or visit: www.reutersreprints.com <http://www.reutersreprints.com/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
