Indonesian anti-terrorism police officers stand guard at the site where two suspects were shot dead in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2021. Indonesian police on Wednesday arrested 20 terrorist suspects who have alleged ties with the homegrown extremist group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) linked to the Islamic State group in South Sulawesi province's capital of Makassar. Two suspects, identified with initials MR and SA, were shot dead by police as they resisted the arrest, the provincial police's Chief Inspector General Merdisyam told a press conference held in Makassar on Wednesday. (Photo by Firmansyah/Xinhua)
JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police on Wednesday arrested 20 terrorist suspects who have alleged ties with the homegrown extremist group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) linked to the Islamic State group in South Sulawesi province's capital of Makassar.
Two suspects, identified with initials MR and SA, were shot dead by police as they resisted the arrest, the provincial police's Chief Inspector General Merdisyam told a press conference held in Makassar on Wednesday.
He added that a suspect was injured by the police gunfire.
According to Merdisyam, those arrested were allegedly behind the bombings in Jolo, the Philippines in January 2019, which killed at least 22 people and wounding more than 100 others.
JAD is responsible for a string of attacks, including suicide bombings at churches in East Java in 2018, which killed a dozen people. The group was listed as a forbidden organization in July 2018. Enditem
