Malang, East Java, (Antara) - Police have arrested several people in Malang, East Java, who are suspected to be members of the terrorist group led by Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi.
The suspected terrorist group members were caught while driving on Jalan Ngijo, Karangpolose, Malang district on Friday night.
Police anti-terrorist squad Densus 88 ordered the car driven by the suspects to pull over but they refused making the police later ran their car into the car of the suspects to make it stop.
Four people were arrested from the car.
Malang resort police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Yudo Nugroho Sugianto confirmed the arrest but "how it happened and who have been arrested we still have yet to wait explanation from the National Police Headquarters."
According to information one of the people who were arrested is ARW (40), known to be a former civil servant of the Malang city administration. (*)
reporting by endang sukarelawati
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The suspected terrorist group members were caught while driving on Jalan Ngijo, Karangpolose, Malang district on Friday night.
Police anti-terrorist squad Densus 88 ordered the car driven by the suspects to pull over but they refused making the police later ran their car into the car of the suspects to make it stop.
Four people were arrested from the car.
Malang resort police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Yudo Nugroho Sugianto confirmed the arrest but "how it happened and who have been arrested we still have yet to wait explanation from the National Police Headquarters."
According to information one of the people who were arrested is ARW (40), known to be a former civil servant of the Malang city administration. (*)
reporting by endang sukarelawati
Editor : Masuki M. Astro
COPYRIGHT © ANTARA News Jawa Timur 2016