Indonesian police killed two terror suspects during a raid early Saturday, following an arrest of four suspected terrorists a day earlier over a series of recent terror incidents. “The two men on a motorcycle tried to escape and opened fire on police personnel,” national police deputy spokesman I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana told AFP, adding that the suspects were killed on the spot. The incident took place in Sukoharjo in Central Java province at 01:15 am (1815GMT).
During the exchange of fire, one of the suspected terrorists shot dead a food seller on the street, the police said. Police have arrested dozens of suspects allegedly part of a new militant cell believed to have been behind a series of recent incidents, including book bombs which were sent to Muslim moderates and counter-terrorism officials. The cell was also linked to a suicide bomb attack last month in a prayer room at a police compound in Cirebon of West Java. Police also foiled a bid to set off a massive bomb near a church on the outskirts of Jakarta at Easter. No one was killed in those incidents.