The gunbattle between an elite police unit and an armed group took place at a militant training camp near Poso on Sulawesi island, local police spokesman Soemarno told AFP.
The jungles around Poso are one of the few areas in Indonesia where militants still have a strong presence after a decade-long campaign by authorities succeeded in weakening major Islamic extremist networks.
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