Indonesian police say they have evidence of cleric's bodyguards carrying guns

Police show weapons used by supporters of Indonesian Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab who were killed in a shoot out after a violent clash with police in Jakarta on Dec 7, 2020. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesian police have obtained hard evidence confirming that the bodyguards of Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab illegally possessed firearms, which police said were pointed at officers tailing their cars outside Jakarta on Monday (Dec 7).

The evidence will be disclosed after an investigation of the incident is completed, police said.