Thursday, September 17, 2009

Five killed in Indonesian raid on militant hideout

Solo, Indonesia - Armed Indonesian police raided a suspected Islamic militant hideout in Central Java early Thursday leaving at least five people dead, police and witnesses said.

Loud explosions and gunfire were heard as police stormed the house at around 7:00am (0000 GMT) at the end of a nine-hour siege on the outskirts of Solo city, a longtime stronghold of militants of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) radical network

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