Detonators, weapons seized in Indonesia anti-terror raids
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Police say detonators for remote-controlled bombs found at the cafe where Dulmatin (pictured) was killed were ready to be used. (AFP )
Indonesian police say they seized three detonators for remote-controlled bombs at the internet cafe on Jakarta's outskirts where fugitive militant leader Dulmatin was killed this week.
National police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri told reporters that the devices were ready to be used, but refused to say whether any explosives had been found in Tuesday's raid on the internet cafe in Pamulang.
"We found detonators to be used to trigger bombs from a distance," he said.
Dulmatin, an Al Qaeda-trained bomb specialist with a $US10 million ($10.9 million) bounty on his head, was killed by police in Pamulang, president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, confirming earlier police reports.
Mr Danuri also said that 28 suspects were arrested and three policemen killed in anti-terror raids conducted by security forces in various parts of Indonesia since February 22.
He said the raids were targeting Jemaah Islamiah, the South-East Asian extremist group inspired by Al Qaeda and blamed for multiple attacks across Indonesia, including the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people.
Mr Danuri said police had seized explosives, nine firearms and tens of thousand of bullets, including those suitable for assault rifles such M-16 and AK-47s, in the raids in Aceh, West Java and Jakarta.
"The series of raids are not over yet ... we will continue our efforts to fight all the terrorist activities in Indonesia. We will never stop," he said.
- AFP
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