Indonesia’s most wanted militant ‘shot dead’

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s most wanted Muslim militant may have been killed on Monday in a firefight with security forces, police said, after a lengthy hunt for the Islamic

Published on: Jul 20, 2016, 09:08:41 IST

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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s most wanted Muslim militant may have been killed on Monday in a firefight with security forces, police said, after a lengthy hunt for the Islamic State (IS) group supporter. Santoso, the leader of extremist group the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen, is suspected to have been shot dead along with another militant in a jungle-clad, mountainous district on central Sulawesi island. There were indications the man killed was Santoso.

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