Monday, March 5, 2012

6 suspected militants killed in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police have killed six suspected Islamic militants in a weekend onslaught against a group wanted for a series of armed robberies that authorities say were intended to finance terrorist acts, officials said Sunday.

The clashes happened in North Sumatra's Serdang Bedagai district. On Saturday, police killed four suspected members of the group and arrested two others. Then on Sunday, one suspect was fatally shot and another killed by a grenade he apparently threw during a gunbattle with police, said Maj. Gen. Oegroseno, chief of North Sumatra police.

Another suspect surrendered at a local police station, said Oegroseno, who, like …

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