JAKARTA, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The anti-terror squad of the Indonesian national police had arrested five alleged militants implicated in killing police personnel, national police spokesman Brigadier General Rikwanto said here on Wednesday.
The five militants were captured in Bima district in West Nusa Tenggara province, the spokesman said.
The arrest was undertaken after the exchange of fire between the squad and militants on Monday in the province that killed two militants.
"A total of five people from Bima terrorist network have been captured in Ambalawi of Bima," Rikwanto said in a statement.
Rikwanto revealed that the five were involved in the deadly shooting of two policemen on Sept. 11 of this year.
Indonesia has witnessed a spate of suicide bombings in the last decade with dozens of casualties.
