Shooting Contact With The Greater Madago Task Force, One MIT Poso Terrorist DPO Dies

Documentation of four MIT Poso members on the wanted list. AMONG

POSO - The Madago Raya Operations Task Force resumed armed contact with the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terrorist group in Poso, Central Sulawesi. It was reported that one person from this terrorist group was killed.

It is not clear when the gun battle took place. However, the Head of the Madago Raya Operations Public Relations Task Force, Kombes Didik Supranoto, confirmed this incident.

"It's true what happened," said Didik as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, January 4.

The DPO who was reportedly killed was allegedly Ahmad Panjang alias Ahmad Gazali. According to him, the Central Sulawesi Police Chief is still heading to the scene and will soon give a press statement about it.

"Initial information that there was a shootout, which was suspected by Ahmad Gazali Aias Ahmad Panjang, for certainty, the head of the (Central Sulawesi) Regional Police will say when and where. (He) just headed to Parigi,'' Supranoto said.

Based on data from the Madag Raya Task Force, there are still four members of MIT Poso who are included in the DPO, namely Askar alias Jaid alias Pak Guru, Nae alias Galuh alias Muklas, Suhardin alias Hasan Pranata, and Ahmad Gazali alias Ahmad Panjang.

The four DPO MIT Poso people are suspected to be still wandering in the mountains of Poso, Parigi Moutong, and Sigi Regencies.