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| Southeast Asia |
| 6 terror suspects nabbed |
| 2010-04-14 |
| [Straits Times] SIX suspected terrorists nabbed in Medan on Sunday included two former convicts suspected of involvement in earlier bombings in Jakarta, and a man who allegedly had received militant training in southern Philippines. Information released by police yesterday and several news reports said the six men had fled Aceh in the wake of counter-terrorism operations there. Police officers had stormed a militant training camp in the forest in February, but were unable to capture all the trainees. To date, more than 40 members of the group have been nabbed alive, while at least seven others, including explosives expert and Jemaah Islamiah leader Dulmatin, have been killed. Dulmatin, one of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings and a supporter of the Aceh training camp, was tracked down in early March in Tangerang, West Java, based on information from the men detained in Aceh. Yesterday, Aceh police shot dead one suspect and arrested four more men in two raids. |
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