JAKARTA — Two suspected militants and a member of an elite Indonesian anti-terrorism squad died in a shootout as police attempted to capture a group responsible for the death of a policeman a day earlier, authorities said Saturday. Another suspect was injured and arrested, they said. Police received a tip that members of a terror group believed to be responsible for the killing of the police officer were planning more attacks on Indonesia's main island of Java, national police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said. He said members of the anti-terrorism squad tried to capture the three suspects late Friday at a food stall in Central Java's Solo town, the hometown of radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, but shot them when they resisted arrest, killing two and wounding another, who was then arrested. One of the suspects fatally shot a member of the anti-terrorism squad, Amar said. “There are strong indications that they were involved in three terrorist attacks recently against security forces," Amar said, adding that police were investigating whether the suspects were connected to Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid, an organization founded by Bashir and designated a terrorist group by the US in February. — AP
