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| Indonesian anti-terrorism police have shot and killed three suspects after a gun battle at a house near the capital Jakarta, police said. | Indonesian anti-terrorism police have shot and killed three suspects after a gun battle at a house near the capital Jakarta, police said. |
| The residential neighborhood of South Tangerang was evacuated after the suspects allegedly threw explosives at police and other, larger devices were found at the house, police said. | The residential neighborhood of South Tangerang was evacuated after the suspects allegedly threw explosives at police and other, larger devices were found at the house, police said. |
| Jakarta police chief Mochamad Iriawan said explosive experts had defused two bombs and were still in the house. | Jakarta police chief Mochamad Iriawan said explosive experts had defused two bombs and were still in the house. |
| The men planned to stage their attack on Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve, Iriawan said in a televised interview from the neighborhood south of the city. They were to stab police officers in order to attract a crowd and then detonate bombs, he said. | The men planned to stage their attack on Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve, Iriawan said in a televised interview from the neighborhood south of the city. They were to stab police officers in order to attract a crowd and then detonate bombs, he said. |
| The three men were killed in a shoot-out with the police’s anti-terror squad after refusing an appeal from authorities to surrender and come out of the house in a leafy residential compound in Tangerang, a Jakarta satellite city. | The three men were killed in a shoot-out with the police’s anti-terror squad after refusing an appeal from authorities to surrender and come out of the house in a leafy residential compound in Tangerang, a Jakarta satellite city. |
| National Police spokesman Rikwanto said the men threw explosives and fired guns at police. A fourth man, who was arrested in the neighborhood, had led police to the house used by the militants. | National Police spokesman Rikwanto said the men threw explosives and fired guns at police. A fourth man, who was arrested in the neighborhood, had led police to the house used by the militants. |
| “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. Then they fired from inside,” said Rikwanto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. | “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. Then they fired from inside,” said Rikwanto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. |
| Indonesian television footage showed a bomb squad officer wearing a blast-resistant suit entering the house as locals watched from behind a police tape. | Indonesian television footage showed a bomb squad officer wearing a blast-resistant suit entering the house as locals watched from behind a police tape. |
| The authorities believe the suspects were linked to several militants arrested on 10 December in another neighborhood on the outskirts of Jakarta who were allegedly planning a suicide bomb attack on a guard-changing ceremony at the presidential palace the next day. | The authorities believe the suspects were linked to several militants arrested on 10 December in another neighborhood on the outskirts of Jakarta who were allegedly planning a suicide bomb attack on a guard-changing ceremony at the presidential palace the next day. |
| Police have attributed that foiled plot, in which a woman was to be the suicide bomber, to Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian with the Islamic State group in Syria. | Police have attributed that foiled plot, in which a woman was to be the suicide bomber, to Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian with the Islamic State group in Syria. |
| They also say Naim was behind a bomb lab that was raided last month in West Java and contained enough explosive materials to make bombs three times more powerful than those used in the 2002 Bali bombings. | They also say Naim was behind a bomb lab that was raided last month in West Java and contained enough explosive materials to make bombs three times more powerful than those used in the 2002 Bali bombings. |
| Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack which killed eight people in Jakarta in January. | Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack which killed eight people in Jakarta in January. |
| Indonesia has carried out a sustained crackdown on Islamic militants since the Bali bombings. But a new threat has emerged in the past several years from militants who have switched allegiance to the Islamic State group and from new recruits. | Indonesia has carried out a sustained crackdown on Islamic militants since the Bali bombings. But a new threat has emerged in the past several years from militants who have switched allegiance to the Islamic State group and from new recruits. |
| The Australian government’s advice to travellers was updated on Wednesday and said the terrorist threat level in Indonesia remains high. | The Australian government’s advice to travellers was updated on Wednesday and said the terrorist threat level in Indonesia remains high. |