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Anti terror police searching for Islamic militants in Aceh Besar National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on Tuesday that armed militants on the run in the remote mountains of Aceh are part of the Jemaah Islamiyah regional terrorist network. Bambang said the militants, who have been the target of a bloody three-week police manhunt across the province, had been undergoing terrorist training in Jalin Jantho, Aceh Besar district, before their camp was raided on Feb. 22. “They are all members of the regional Jemaah Islamiyah network, who are most wanted for their role in a string of bombings,” he said. JI is a Southeast Asian network affiliated with Al Qaeda. The group is blamed for killing 202 people in Bali in 2002 and 12 others at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in 2003.

Police hunting Islamist militants in western Indonesia killed two suspects and arrested six others at a security checkpoint Friday, an official said. One of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings, Dulmatin, was shot dead near Jakarta on Tuesday. The operation was part of a monthlong series of raids that has highlighted the resilience of Southeast Asian militant networks as well as the continued pressure being applied on them by Indonesian anti-terror police. The crackdown began after police raided a militant camp in a remote corner of Aceh province. The Bali bombings and several others against Western targets in Indonesia since then were carried out by Jemaah Islamiyah or associated groups. Those targeted in the recent raids are believed linked to that network, which at its height in early 2000 had contacts with al-Qaida and cells across Southeast Asia.