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Indonesian police kill alleged militant

Nov. 4, 2012 - 20:14 By Korea Herald
JAKARTA (AP) ― Indonesian anti-terrorism forces shot and killed an alleged militant and arrested another in a predawn raid Saturday in Central Sulawesi province, police said.

National police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said the two suspects were among fugitives wanted for the assassination of two police officers who were killed last month while investigating terrorist activities in the area.

The two men resisted arrest by throwing homemade bombs toward security forces during the raid at a house in Kayamaya village in Poso district, Amar said.

“They tried to harm the police ... we had to shoot and killed one of them,” he said, adding that the other suspect was arrested and taken to a police detention center in the provincial capital, Palu.

Police seized several homemade bombs and other materials during Saturday’s raid, Amar said.