Cibinong, Bogor (ANTARA) - Terror suspect, with the initial E, alias AR, 51, was hit in Nanggewer, Cibinong Sub-district, Bogor, while attempting to escape aboard a motorbike on the Bogor highway, Jakarta, May 17 evening. This information was revealed by Bogor Deputy Police Chief of West Java Commissioner Didik Purwanto.

"The suspect crashed while looking to flee aboard a motorbike. It was the former beret," Purwanto informed ANTARA in Bogor District on Saturday (May18) while pointing to the asphalt road where the suspected terrorist had fallen.

Purwanto pointed out that E had attempted to escape from his residence aboard a Yamaha Mio motorcycle bearing police plate number B 6090 FJD towards Jalan Raya Bogor - Jakarta. However, right at the edge of the road, E was immediately hit by a member of the police.

Until Saturday afternoon, the police were still conducting a crime scene investigation at the location.

It was reported that the National Police's Counterterrorism Squad, Detachment 88, along with the Bogor Police of West Java, had detained a terror suspect, who was a member of the ISIS network, at his residence located in Nanggewer, Cibinong Sub-district, Bogor District, on Friday evening, May 17.



Translator: Eliswan Azly
Editor: Suharto
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