ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />Indonesian police shot dead five suspected militants in Bali overnight who had identified and surveyed targets they were planning to attack, the national counter terrorism agency said on Monday (March 19).<br/> <br />They were said to be linked to the banned Jemaah Islamiah group.<br/> <br />Australian media reported that Indonesia's counter-terror police unit known as Detachment 88 stormed two separate addresses on Bali, in the capital Denpasar and at a hotel in Sanur, on Sunday night.<br/> <br />Three men were killed at the hotel in Sanur, an area popular with foreign tourists, and two at the Denpasar location, media said, quoting Australian Associated Press. (AAP)<br/> <br />Firearms and ammunition were recovered from both addresses, but Bali Police spokesman Hariadi declined to say if any explosives had been discovered.<br/> <br />AAP quoted another senior police officer as saying, on condition of anonymity, that it was possible the group had been planning to carry out attacks on Thursday, the eve of Nyepi, or the annual Day of Silence marking Bali's Hindu New Year.<br/> <br />Balinese traditionally hold large parades on the eve of Nyepi, which also draw large numbers of tourists, AAP said.
