JAKARTA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A terrorist suspect in the Indonesian city of Makassar in South Sulawesi province was killed by the National Police counterterrorism squad Densus 88 after allegedly trying to attack officers with machetes during a raid, police said on Thursday.
"When (the suspect) was going to be arrested, (the suspect) resisted and attacked officers who then took measurable firm actions," South Sulawesi police's spokesman E. Zulpan told reporters in Makassar, as reported by local media.
The suspected terrorist, identified as MT, was allegedly linked to the suicide bombers who attacked a cathedral in the city late in March. MT was shot to death in Biringkanaya sub-district.
To date, at least 31 suspected terrorists have been arrested by Densus 88 following the suicide bombing in Makassar.
Those suspects are allegedly affiliated with the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), an IS-inspired organization suspected of suicide attacks on churches in the city of Surabaya, East Java, in 2018. Enditem