Parigi Moutong police spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Hondawantri Naibaho said here on Sunday that one of the suspects, identified by his initials as AM, was arrested on Saturday evening.
While the six other suspects with initials Fr, Ad, Kl, Ys, AY and Dm were arrested on Sunday evening after AM was interrogated by the police.
The were arrested not far from the location where AM was nabbed at the house of Kl.
AM was suspected for involvement in terrorist rings in Aceh and Cirebon, West Java, but fled to Central Sulawesi two months ago.
In Central Sulawesi AM stayed with Kl in Kasimbar village.
Besides arresting the 7 terror suspects, the police also seized some evidence, including a remote control, two cellular phones, batteries, bolts, and a number of books on religious teaching.
Naibaho said AM was known as a religious teacher at Kasimbar village and was believed to have recruited some new members for a radical movement.
He said the police were still investigation the seven suspects to find out if were also involved in a brutal shooting incident in Palu on May 25, 2011. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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