Indonesian police shoot dead 2 men in police station attack

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police said Sunday they have fatally shot two men suspected of burning down a remote police station on Sumatra island.

National police spokesman Rikwanto said the suspects were killed early Sunday in the West Sumatra district of Dharmasraya, about 220 kilometres (137 miles) from the province capital of Padang. The fire had totally destroyed the main building of the Dharmasraya police station.

Police surrounded the area following information from firefighters who spotted the suspects. Rikwanto, who uses a single name, said police opened fire when the men resisted and ignored warning shots.

He says police confiscated from the suspects bows and arrows, bayonets, a knife and a handwritten message with militant content.