Security forces kill Indonesian militant in shoot-out

Indonesia’s most-wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria was shot dead by security forces, the Indonesian military said on Sunday (Sep 19).

A joint operation by military and police personnel were shot dead Ali Kalora at a village on Sulawesi Island on Saturday afternoon, according to a police statement.

Ali Kalora was one of two militants killed in the raid, said Central Sulawesi’s regional military chief Brig. Gen. Farid Makruf. He identified the other suspected extremist as Jaka Ramadan, also known as Ikrima.

Saturday’s shootout occurred two months after security forces killed two suspected members of the group during a pre-dawn storm in the same mountainous area.