Calls for Indonesia terror suspects to be captured not killed

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Updated March 17, 2010 12:09:55

There are calls in Indonesia for the country's anti-terror police force to capture terror suspects alive rather than killing them. Police chief investigator Ito Sumardi says anti-terror police risk fostering radical activities as well as losing community support, through the high-profile killings. It follows last week's shooting of Dulmatin, a senior leader of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah. Dulmatin, who was accused of masterminding the 2002 Bali bombings, was shot dead by police on the outskirts of Jakarta.

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