Saturday, 18 September 2021 (YJC)_ Indonesia’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group was killed in a shootout with security forces.
Indonesia’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group was killed Saturday in a shootout with security forces, the Indonesian military said, in a sweeping counterterrorism campaign against extremists in the remote mountain jungles.
Ali Kalora was one of two militants killed in the raid, said Central Sulawesi’s regional military chief Brig. Gen. Farid Makruf. He identified the other suspected extremist as Jaka Ramadan.
The two men were fatally shot late Saturday by a joint team of military and police officers in Central Sulawesi province’s mountainous Parigi Moutong district, Makruf said. It borders Poso district, considered an extremist hotbed in the province.
He said that security forces were searching for four remaining suspected members of the group.
Saturday’s shootout occurred two months after security forces killed two suspected members of the group during a pre-dawn raid in the same mountainous district.
Security operations in the area have intensified in recent months to try to capture members of the network, targeting Ali Kalora, the group’s leader.
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