The police spokesman said the 20 people are linked to the Abu Omar and Autad Rawa group whose duty is to look for money to support the activities of Mujahidin Indonesia Timur in Poso, Sulawesi.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The 20 terrorist suspects - 13 of which under police custody and seven others died - captured by the police during raid on three different locations in Indonesia last Wednesday (May 8) had robbed several banks before, a police spokesman said.
"They have robbed three banks before namely in Batang and Grobogan (Central Java province) and Lampung city (Lampung province). From the three robberies, they have managed to collect a total of Rp1.8 billion. Such amount of money will be used to finance their terror activities," Spokesman of the National Police Brigadier General Boy Rafli Amar said here on Thursday.
The spokesman said the 20 people are linked to the Abu Omar and Autad Rawa group whose duty is to look for money to support the activities of Mujahidin Indonesia Timur in Poso, Sulawesi.
He added intelligence personnel are still investigating whether the bank robbing terrorists are related to another terror suspects being detained in Bendungan Hilir area, Jakarta, last May 2.
Seven terrorist suspects were killed and 13 others were arrested during several raids conducted by the Indonesian anti-terror police Densus 88 on Wednesday (May 8) in four locations in Indonesia.
One suspect was shot dead during raid in Kebumen, three in Bandung and three others in Kendal.
The raids were carried out in Kebumen (Central Java Province), Bandung (West Java), Ciputat (Jakarta) and Kendal (Central Java). The seven terrorist suspects who were killed during the raids were identified as Abu Roban, Bastari, Toni, Bayu, Budi, Junet and Sarame.(*)
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