Indonesia's military says security forces have killed the country's most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State groupPALU, Indonesia -- Indonesia’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group was killed Saturday in a shootout with security forces, the Indonesian military said, in a sweeping counterterrorism campaign against extremists in the remote mountain jungles. Ali Kalora was one of two militants killed in the raid, said Central Sulawesi’s regional military chief Brig. Saturday’s shootout occurred two months after security forces killed two suspected members of the group during a pre-dawn raid in the same mountainous district. He took over from Abu Wardah Santoso, who was killed by security forces in July 2016. In May, the militants killed four Christians in a village in Poso district, including one who was beheaded.

Source: ABC News September 18, 2021 14:57 UTC