JAKARTA: Indonesian police have arrested four men suspected of robbing banks to fund militant activities as part of a major counter-terrorism operation across the country, an official said yesterday.
Seven alleged militants have so far been killed and 17 detained during three days of raids, some of whom are suspected of involvement in a plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta that was uncovered last week.
The latest arrests were made in three places in Lampung province on Sumatra island overnight from Thursday to yesterday, said national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar.
He said the men had been robbing banks to raise funds for attacks, and were suspected of involvement in one robbery where 460m rupiah ($472,000) was stolen. “These fund-raising activities are meant for terror training,” Amar said.
AFP
