Indonesian police officers stand outside a home following a gunfight in which three suspected militants were killed in South Tangerang, Banten province near Jakarta, Indonesia December 21, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. “During the raid, we tried to be careful but they threw something from inside the house and it was a bomb but it did not explode. “The intention was for a suicide bomb,” national police spokesman Rikwanto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, told a news conference. A television footage shown by an Indonesia media channel showed a bomb diffusal squad official wearing a blast-resistant suit and entering the suspects' house where the bomb had been thrown from. "Inside the house we found a bigger bomb and now we are investigating it to try to detonate it," the police spokesperson said. He also added that one of the suspects in the incident has been found alive. According to a senior officer from South Tengerang police, after the investigators questioned the suspect who was taken alive, they found out that they were planning to use a bigger bomb in the capital at the end of the year. JAKARTA: Indonesian police killed three terrorists and arrested another yesterday during a raid outside Jakarta, foiling a plan to stage a suicide attack on police officers guarding Christmas celebrations. The anti-terror unit had earlier arrested at least 10 members of the Solo cell, which police said was set up by Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian militant who is in the Middle East fighting alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group.
Indonesian police kill three people in a gunfight south of Jakarta after a bomb is found. Fourteen people are arrested in connection to alleged involvement in plans for suicide bomb attacks.