Shooting Baku With The Madago Raya Task Force, East Indonesia Mujahidin Fugitive Askar Died

A number of items of evidence were held in a press conference at the North Coast Poso Police, Friday (30-9-2022). ANTARA/HO-Polda Central Sulawesi

JAKARTA - The Central Sulawesi Regional Police confirmed that members of the East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) group who were killed in a shootout on Thursday, September 29, were Askar.

"I'm here to make sure that it's true that it's the Askar DPO that we've been looking for," said Central Sulawesi Police Chief Inspector General Rudy Sufahriadi after checking directly at Bhayangkara Hospital Palu, Friday, September 30.

The Regional Police Chief explained that Askar was involved in a shootout with the Madago Raya Task Force at KM 13 Kilo Village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Thursday (29/9) at around 18.30 WITA.

The location of the shootout occurred at an altitude of 450 above sea level (dpl).

Quoted from Antara, Askar's body has been autopsied by the Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (INAFIS) team and will be buried at the Poboya Village Public Cemetery (TPU), Palu, Friday.

The intensive pursuit of the remaining members of MIT Poso, he said, has been carried out since the Madago Raya Task Force was paralyzed by the leader of MIT Poso Ali Kalora in September 2021.

In fact, this year, the Central Sulawesi Police again extended Operation Madago Raya to hunt down one suspected terrorist who was on the wanted list (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 MIT Poso, was extended in accordance with the Telegram Letter of the Central Sulawesi Police Chief Number STR/190/VI/OPS.1.3/2022.