Candra Malik, Solo – The body of a terror suspect shot dead in a police raid last month was buried under tight security and cover of darkness in the early hours of Friday in his hometown of Solo, police said.

The burial was done quietly in an effort to head off potential conflicts between supporters and opponents.

Hadi Susilo, alias Adib, is one of four terrorists killed in a Densus 88 counterterror-squad raid near Solo in Kepuhsari, Central Java, on Sept. 17. His burial sparked outrage among some residents, and opponents nearly came to blows with hard-line supporters.

The two camps squared off last month after hard-liners tried to rip down banners opposing Hadi's burial in Solo.

"We're on full alert anticipating possible clashes between those who support the burial and those who oppose it," said Chief Comr. Joko Irwanto, chief of the Solo city police, adding that the burial time, around 2 a.m., was chosen to reduce the potential for conflict.

Hadi's body was buried immediately after arrival from Jakarta, where it had been kept since the raid. The funeral at the Pracimoloyo public cemetery in nearby Sukoharjo was brief, the grave having been dug two weeks earlier.

Tight security was provided by district, subdistrict and Solo city police, Joko said. Hadi's wife, Putri Munawarroh, is seven months pregnant and has been identified as a terror suspect.

The head of the Solo subdistrict police, Chief Comr. Erry Subagyo, said the burial rites were properly carried out.

Despite the early-morning burial, hundreds of members of the local chapter of the militant Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and the Indonesian Jihadi Front attended the funeral. They escorted the ambulance carrying Hadi's body to the cemetery, preventing journalists from getting a look at the body or the grave site.

"Even family members could only see his face. There were two large wounds around his neck," said Anies Prijo Anshari, a lawyer for Hadi's family.

Hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the caretaker of the Al Mukmin Islamic boarding school in nearby Ngruki, did not attend the burial, though he had said earlier that he would.

However, he expressed relief that the body had been put to rest and had been buried according Islamic rites. "It's a relief and ends a long wait," he said, adding that the "mujahedeen fighter died in a good way."

Joko also said two of the 10 people arrested for ripping down antiterrorism banners in Solo had been officialy named as suspects. Those arrested were members of the local chapter of the FPI and Bashir's new hard-line group, Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid.