3 Suspected Islamic Militants Arrested in Indonesian Raid
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian counterterrorism police say they have arrested three Islamic militants in a raid in central Java.
National police spokesman Brig. Gen. Zainuri Lubis says the men arrested Thursday are suspected of being members of Al Qaeda in Aceh, a new terrorist group whose training camp was raided in February.
"We suspect that they are linked to several bombings in Indonesia," Lubis said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The arrests in the town of Sukoharjo follow raids a day earlier that resulted in five suspected militants being killed in shootouts with police.
Indonesia, which has the world's biggest Muslim population, is fighting militant extremist groups, also including Jemaah Islamiyah, a regional offshoot of Al Qaeda.
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