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Indonesia's police kill 6 suspected Islamic State militants
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JAKARTA: Indonesia's police shot dead six suspected Islamic State (IS)-linked militants in a gunfight on Java island over the weekend, a police spokesman said on Sunday (Apr 9).
Seven men drove up to a traffic police post on Saturday and fired shots at the officers. Nobody was injured but a car chase ensued.
The seven men then abandoned their vehicle and fled into an agricultural area in Tuban, in East Java.
"When the local police swept through the area, a gunshot was heard. A gunfight took place after and six of the men died," said national police spokesman Rikwanto, who goes by one name.
Police arrested one member of the group alive.
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Police claim the attackers were part of the of IS-linked Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) network, which has been blamed for a series of recent attacks in Indonesia including one in Jakarta last January.
Numerous recent IS-linked plots in Indonesia have been botched or foiled, with analysts saying that many of the country's militants lack the capacity to launch serious attacks.
Indonesia has suffered a series of Islamic militant attacks in the past 15 years, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.
A sustained crackdown weakened the most dangerous networks but the emergence of IS has proved a potent new rallying cry for radicals.
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- AFP