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May 13, 2010
Terror suspects killed

5 shot dead and one nabbed; cops say they were planning attacks



Police at a Jakarta hospital unloading the body of one of the suspects. At least two of the men killed are said to have been leading terrorists. -- PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

JAKARTA - INDONESIAN security forces killed five suspected terrorists in two raids in Indonesia yesterday, police said, during the latest in a series of anti-terror operations nationwide. The men were linked to a terrorist training facility that was discovered in Aceh province in February, police said. 'Five were killed and one arrested,' spokesman Edward Aritonang told reporters. 'We suspect they were planning to launch a terror attack within the next few weeks.'

Two of the dead were identified by police as Maulana and Saptono. Both had previously been detained under the Internal Security Act in Malaysia between 2003 and 2005 after attending a militant camp in the Philippines and were important figures in regional militant groups, police said. Maulana was said by Mr Aritonang to be one of three of the suspects shot dead at around noon as they got out of a taxi in Cawang in East Jakarta. 'Maulana had just got out of the car but he tried to escape so police shot him,' he said. -- AFP, AP, REUTERS