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4 held in Aceh terror camp raid
[Straits Times] Indonesian police said yesterday they had arrested four people after a major raid on a terrorist training camp in a remote region of Aceh province and were pursuing dozens who escaped.Aceh police chief Aditya Warman said some 50 militants were using the camp and 'strongly suspected' of being part of regional terror group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), blamed for multiple attacks across Indonesia. More than 100 heavily armed police took part in the raid just before midnight on Monday in a forested part of Aceh Besar district, about 70km east of the provincial capital Banda Aceh, he said. Police found rifles, Malaysian military uniforms and terrorist propaganda material, including videos of the 2002 bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali which killed more than 200 people, mainly Western tourists. JI, the regional terror group linked to Al-Qaeda, is blamed for that attack and others over the past decade. 'We received information that there were training activities comprising 50 people from a group suspected to be related to Jemaah Islamiah,' Mr Aditya said. 'The group keeps moving around to avoid police detection. They have moved over four districts. Posted by: Fred 2010-02-25 |
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