"Four of them were caught alive while 10 others died," the Chief of Central Sulawesi Police Command, Brigadier General Rudy Sufahriadi, said.
Palu, C Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Ten members of the Eastern Indonesia Mujahiddin Group led by Santoso died while four have been caught during the ongoing Tinombala operations, police said here on Friday.

"Four of them were caught alive while 10 others died," the chief of Central Sulawesi Police Command, Brigadier General Rudy Sufahriadi, told newsmen after seeing off National Police chief General Badrodin Haiti at local airport Mutiara Sis Aljufri.

As for the operations evaluation by General Badrodin Haiti, he said it was good.

"He (General Badrodin Haiti) thanked the task force which has worked hard so far, as proven by the seizure of 14 Santoso group members," he said.

General Badrodin Haiti earlier said that the Tinombala operations involving military and police personnel and aimed at arresting Santoso alias Abu Wardah in Poso were being carried out well.

"I indeed came here to see closely the way the operation is being implemented. All personnel in the field have been working quite well," he told newsmen at Poso Resort Police Headquarters.

General Badrodin, immediately upon his arrival in Poso on Friday morning, along with the chief of the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), Commissioner General Tito Karnavian, and chief of the police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), Inspector General Murad Ismail, held a closed-door meeting with the police and military commanders at Poso Resort Police Headquarters.

The meeting was attended by Central Sulawesi Police Command chief, Brigadier General Rudy Sufahriadi, the 132/Tadulako resort military chief Col. Muhammad Saleh Mustafa, Poso resort police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ronny and Central Sulawesi police command spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Hari Suprapto.

Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said during a visit to Poso sometime ago that the Tinombala operations would be extended for another six months.

The first stage of the operations that started on January 9 ended on March 9 and involved 2,500 military and police personnel.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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