Two Chinese Uighur radicals killed in Indonesia
Date
3/16/2016 8:28:20 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Indonesian police shot dead 2 Chinese Uighurs in a clash with a local militant group in Sulawesi mountains
The members of the mostly Muslim ethnic minority were killed in a shootout on Tuesday morning in mountains on the island of Sulawesi as authorities hunted for the radical group’s leader. “We can confirm that the two who died were Uighurs” Central Sulawesi police chief Rudy Sufahriadi said. The Uighurs were fighting alongside Santoso who leads the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen a group that has been waging a guerrilla campaign against authorities from remote bases in the jungles and mountains. Read more
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