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Komnas HAM to examine police raid' civil casualty

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Jakarta Post - May 16, 2011

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has announced plans to investigate the death of Nur Iman, a food stall vendor who was shot to dead in a shootout between two alleged terrorists and police in Sukoharjo, Central Java, on Saturday.

"[The commission] will visit the site to investigate the incident in Sukoharjo. Some witnesses have said he was killed by a bullet shot by the terrorists, not [police]," Komnas HAM Monitoring and Investigation team member Kabul Supriyadi said Monday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Earlier, police announced that Nur was killed by a bullet from the gun of the alleged terrorist. According to Kabul, Komnas HAM would send at least four officials to carry out the investigation.

While waiting for the results of a ballistics investigation of the bullet that allegedly killed Nur, the commission will also be seeking information from witnesses regarding the shooting positions of the alleged terrorists, members of the National Police counterterrorism unit (Densus 88) and Nur Iman at the time of his deat.

On Sunday, an eyewitness named Gunawan said Nur Iman was a victim of a stray bullet. When the gunfight took place, Gunawan had been standing around 25 meters away.

Gunawan said at least eight armed officers took part in the incident and the alleged terrorists had been positioned with their backs facing the small shop belonging to Nur.

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