Heavy Medan Constraints, The Madago Raya Ops Task Force Has Not Been Able To Evacuate The MIT DPO 'Pak Guru'

Head of Operations for the Madago Raya Task Force Kombes Arif Budiman. ANTARA/HO-Polda Central Sulawesi

POSO - Police are trying to evacuate the body of Askara alias 'Pak Guru' who is on the East Indonesia Poso wanted list (DPO). Head of the Madago Raya Ops Task Force, Kombes Arif Budiman, said that currently the team has not been able to go to the scene of the shooting (TKP) because it is constrained by heavy terrain. "We have not been able to go up to the crime scene because the terrain is a bit heavy, dark," he said in Poso, Antara, Thursday, September 29. Previously, the Madago Raya Task Force paralyzed a member of the Poso East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terrorist group who was included in the National Police DPO on behalf of Askar alias Pak Guru in a shootout that occurred on Thursday. The Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo confirmed the law against the remaining members of the MIT Poso terrorist group. "Yes, that's right," Dedi told reporters. Based on the information obtained, the gun battle occurred between the Madago Raya Task Force and an MIT Poso DPO at KM 13 Kilo Village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Thursday at around 18.30 WITA. The location of the shootout occurred at an altitude of 450 below sea level (dpl). The existence of this gun battle was confirmed by the Head of the Operational Assistance Section (Kabagbansops) of the Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Anti-terror Police Commissioner Pol. Aswin Siregar. "It is true that there was a shootout in Poso with one DPO of the MIT group," said Aswin. An intensive pursuit of the remaining members of MIT Poso has been carried out since the Madago Raya Task Force paralyzed the leader of MIT Poso Ali Kalora in September 2021. In fact, this year, the Central Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda) again extended Operation Madago Raya to hunt down a suspected terrorist who was included in the DPO in Sigi, Parigi Moutong, and Poso Regencies. Operation Madago Raya Phase II of 2022 has ended since June 30, 2022, in accordance with the Telegram Letter of the Central Sulawesi Police Chief Number STR/189/VI/OPS.1.3/2022 dated 27 June 2022. As of June 1, 2022, the operation to hunt down the rest of the DPO, which is a member of the East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) Poso, was extended in accordance with the Telegram Letter of the Central Sulawesi Police Chief Number STR/190/VI/OPS.1.3/2022.