Basri or Ali Kalora Possibly Next MIT Leader
Basri or Ali Kalora Possibly Next MIT Leader
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PALU - After Santoso was confirmed killed during an ambush on Monday (18/7), the police now predict that Basri alias Bagong will take the empty chair as the leader of the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terrorist group.
Operation Tinombala task force commander, Sr. Comr. Leo Bona Lubis said Basri was currently hiding in the deep forests of Poso Pesisir Utara with the 19 members of the group including Ali Kalora and three female fighters.
“The MIT leadership has likely passed into Basri’s hands,” he said in a press conference in Palu on Tuesday (20/7), accompanied by the Wirabuana Military Command chief, who oversees Sulawesi, Maj. Gen Agus Surya Bakti.
Basri was convicted of mutilating a junior high school student in Poso and was sentenced to 17 years in prison in 2007. However, escaped and joined Santoso’s group in 2013 and became his second in command.
He has effectively become the most wanted MIT figure now, as Santoso was confirmed killed along with his aide Mukhtar during a gunfight with the National Army’s Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) personnel in Alfa 29 Yonif Raider 515/9/2.
Previous, Chairman of Indonesia Police Watch (IPW), Neta S Pane warned, Santoso has built a cadre of successors in Poso. Santoso grup is one of nine radical groups that still thrives in Indonesia that is potentially spawned new terrorists.
"One of them is Ali Kalora which potentially replace Santoso. Need to watch counterattack of lackeys and other Santoso network," said Neta.
Operation Tinombala task force commander, Sr. Comr. Leo Bona Lubis said Basri was currently hiding in the deep forests of Poso Pesisir Utara with the 19 members of the group including Ali Kalora and three female fighters.
“The MIT leadership has likely passed into Basri’s hands,” he said in a press conference in Palu on Tuesday (20/7), accompanied by the Wirabuana Military Command chief, who oversees Sulawesi, Maj. Gen Agus Surya Bakti.
Basri was convicted of mutilating a junior high school student in Poso and was sentenced to 17 years in prison in 2007. However, escaped and joined Santoso’s group in 2013 and became his second in command.
He has effectively become the most wanted MIT figure now, as Santoso was confirmed killed along with his aide Mukhtar during a gunfight with the National Army’s Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) personnel in Alfa 29 Yonif Raider 515/9/2.
Previous, Chairman of Indonesia Police Watch (IPW), Neta S Pane warned, Santoso has built a cadre of successors in Poso. Santoso grup is one of nine radical groups that still thrives in Indonesia that is potentially spawned new terrorists.
"One of them is Ali Kalora which potentially replace Santoso. Need to watch counterattack of lackeys and other Santoso network," said Neta.
(rnz)
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