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Two more arrested for Seram attack
M. Azis Tunny
The Jakarta Post/Ambon

A police team has arrested two more people on charges of
attacking a police command post on Seram island recently, a
police spokesman said on Friday.

The two were arrested on Thursday afternoon in two separate
locations on Buru island, said Maluku provincial police spokesman
Comr. Endro Prasetyo.

Police apprehended AU in his house in Wamsisi subdistrict, and
later arrested MN in Namlea city, the capital of Buru regency,
after obtaining information from AU.

Endro said MN attempted to flee when police arrived at his
house, but the police shot him in the leg.

Both men were sent to Ambon on Thursday night for questioning
in relation to the attack on a Mobile Brigade (Brimob) command
post in West Seram regency on Monday that killed seven people,
including five Brimob personnel.

"The two are being questioned but have not been named suspects
yet," said Endro.

The police are looking for three other suspects in the case.
Of the eight attackers, one was shot dead and two others have
been arrested. One of the first people arrested was an active
police officer who was apprehended in Ambon just after the Seram
attack.