According to reports, the National Police’s Dread 88 anti-terrorist shot two alleged terrorists in Pulwakada, West Java on Sunday, allegedly planning terrorist acts at Christmas and New Year celebrations.
The two suspects have been identified as Abu Sovi from Bandung, West Java and Abuja from West Bandung, also known as Abu Azis. The incident was the latest in a series of attacks aimed at preventing the terrorist attacks on Muslims by the majority.
According to two other terror suspects Rijal (aka Abu Arham, 29) and Ivan Rahmat Syarif (28), Densus 88 raided a floating house on the Jatiluhur Dam, at about 12.30 pm local time, They were previously in Cibinong Java – supposedly hiding.
However, Faiz and Sovi refused to surrender and attack the police with machetes, and the officers had to resort to a spokesman for the National Police of the shooting attacker. Rikwanto confirmed.
Earlier this week, Densus 88 murdered three terror suspects in a shooting outside Jakarta, claiming they had boycotted a suicide bombing that was scheduled for the end of the year.
The authorities have so far thwarted 14 attacks, and this year more than 150 people have been arrested for terrorism-related arrests. During the Christmas and New Year period, 80,000 police and 15,000 military personnel were deployed to defend the country.
