BBC, Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 07:30 GMT
'JI members' seized in Indonesia
Police in Indonesia say they have arrested a number of suspected members of
militant Muslim group Jemaah Islamiah (JI).
Police spokesman Sisno Adiwinoto said one man was shot as he resisted arrest in
the city of Yogyakarta on Tuesday.
He said the suspects were believed to have links to Indonesian militant Abu Dujana,
who police say is the current leader of JI.
The group is blamed for a number of recent bomb attacks on western targets.
"Those suspects are believed to have links to Abu Dujana's terrorist network. At the
scene, we also found bullets," Mr Adiwinoto said.
The suspects have so far not been named.
Dozens of alleged JI members - including several senior figures of the group - have
been arrested in Indonesia since 2000, police say.
They say Abu Dujana has become the new head of JI after the crackdown.
Abu Dujana is believed to have had weapons training in Afghanistan and to have met
al-Qaeda's leader Osama bin Laden.
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