Dozens of Islamic militant prisoners who took over a police detention centre near Indonesia's capital and killed five officers surrendered to police today, the country's top security minister said.
The riot erupted late Tuesday at the headquarters of the elite Mobile Brigade police in Depok, on Jakarta's southern outskirts, where four days earlier authorities arrested three militants they accuse of planning to attack police.
Most of the prisoners surrendered before dawn Thursday following an ultimatum from security personnel, said Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Wiranto, who goes by one name.
About 10 inmates refused to give up but shortly were subdued when police fired smoke bombs and tear gas.
He said those involved were "detained terrorists." "They committed cruelty by seizing weapons, holding hostages, torturing and even killing the officers in cruel and vile manners, beyond the limits of humanity," Wiranto said at a news conference.
He said inmates had controlled about 30 guns and weapons they took from officers and a store room.
Earlier, Deputy National Police Chief Muhammad Syafruddin said all 155 inmates were involved in the riot. He said they took nine officers hostage and killed five of them, while another four were tortured.
One inmate was killed, police said.
The Islamic State group's Amaq News Agency published a report after the riot broke out saying the melee was between its fighters and the counterterrorism squad.
Those provoking the riot were about 30 to 40 inmates from Jemaah Anshorut Daulah, a network of Indonesian extremist groups that pledges allegiance to Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, National Police spokesman Setyo Wasito said in an interview with local MetroTV.
Police have said the incident was triggered by a trivial disagreement about a delay in an inmate getting food from his family.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has carried out a sustained crackdown on Islamic militants since the 2002 Bali bombings by the Jemaah Islamiyah network that killed 202 people, mostly foreigners.
The network was neutralized following the arrests of hundreds of its militants and leaders. But new threats have emerged recently from Islamic State group-inspired radicals who have targeted security forces and local "infidels" instead of Westerners.
It was the second riot in the detention centre since November, when detained militants attacked prison guards who were searching for contraband and cellphones.
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