[Straits Times] FIVE suspected Islamic militants, including one of the most-wanted men in Indonesia, were killed on Wednesday in shootouts with anti-terror squads in raids in and around the capital, police said.The raids are the latest in a series since police broke up a terrorist training camp in western Indonesia run by a new group calling itself al-Qaeda in Aceh.
National police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri told reporters that two fugitives, Ahmad Maulana and Saptono, were among those killed in a raid in Cikampek, about 80 kilometres east of Jakarta. Saptono, who used just one name, was one of Indonesia?s 25 most-wanted people.
The two were wanted for their involvement in several bombings and planned attacks in Indonesia, including a 2004 suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy. Gen. Danuri said they were also believed to have allied themselves with al-Qaeda in Aceh.
Gen. Danuri also said that police had arrested 12 suspected Islamic militants during raids in recent days in Jakarta.
'They have been involved in illegal military training at the new terror group in Aceh and they are dangerous,' Gen. Danuri said of those targeted in this week?s raids.