Indonesian police kill five terror suspects in Bali raids

[News_Editor]

Indonesian police kill five terror suspects in Bali raids

2012-03-19 07:23:37 GMT+7 (ICT)

DENPASAR, Indonesia (BNO NEWS) -- Counter-terrorism forces shot dead five people suspected of being involved in armed robberies and terrorism during two raids on late Sunday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, local media reported on early Monday.

The first raid took place at around 10:15 p.m. local time when members of Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit Densus 88 stormed a room at the Lhaksmi Hotel in Sanur, a resort area in Denpasar which is popular with foreign tourists. The hotels in the area offer cheap rooms and staff rarely ask for valid identification from guests.

Bali Legislative Council member I Made Arjaya, whose family home is a short distance from the budget hotel, told The Jakarta Post that three people were shot dead by security forces. He said two other people were shot dead during a separate raid at a hotel room on Jalan Gunung Soputan in downtown Denpasar, about 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from the first scene.

A Bali police spokesman confirmed the raids were linked, but declined to give other details. A police source at one of the scenes told The Jakarta Post that members of the group are believed to have carried out armed robberies in recent years to raise funds for terrorism. "We have tailed them for months before we carried out the raids," the source told the newspaper.

Bali Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Hariadi told the Jakarta Globe that police confiscated firearms and several rounds of ammunition from both locations, but declined to confirm whether explosives were found. A source told the newspaper that the group is believed to have entered Bali in February, prompting the police and military to go to their highest alert when their presence was detected on Saturday.

The resort island of Bali has been the target of deadly bomb attacks in recent years. More than 200 people, including 88 Australian citizens, were killed in October 2002 when three bomb blasts hit two nightclubs in the tourist district of Kuta while another targeted a U.S. Consulate. Another series of bombings in October 2005 left 26 people killed.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2012-03-19

[redroo]

Good work !

But next time try and keep one of them alive for interagation and a bit of torture

[Exsexyman]

Good work !

But next time try and keep one of them alive for interagation and a bit of torture

Whatever turns you on!