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POSO - Nine militants and one policeman were killed in a gunbattle when Indonesian police trying to capture wanted-militants allegedly played leading role in the communal clash years ago in Poso of Central Sulawesi province of Indonesia, provincial police chief Badrodin Haiti said.
Police have been blocked by militants with shootings and hand- made bombs in Tegal Rejo village in Tanah Runtuh district of Poso regency since earlier Monday, said Badrodin. "They (militants) are equipped with guns and bombs, they threw bombs to the police," he told Xinhua on telephone from the province.
"Until now the counter-shooting is still going on," he said, adding that the police surrounded the village on Monday morning and warned the allegedly wanted-suspects to surrender, but they ignored it. A number of policemen and civilians were also injured during the gunfire, according to Antara news agency.
Indonesian police have been intensifying efforts to captured 19 out of 29 fugitives militants allegedly played key role in the sectarian clashes between Muslim and Christian from 1999 to 2000 that killed thousands of people.
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