EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />Indonesian police shot dead five suspected militants in an overnight raid on the resort island of Bali.<br/> <br />The national counter-terrorism agency said the militants had identified and surveyed several targets for attack.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) INDONESIA POLICE SPOKESMAN, SAUT USMAN NASUTION SAYING:<br/> <br />"This group had targeted several locations in Bali for terrorism acts, such as cafes, and were looking to rob for gold by targeting foreign currency shops."<br/> <br />Police added the suspected militants were about to stage armed robberies, to fund their cause.<br/> <br />The group was linked to the banned Jemaah Islamiah group.<br/> <br />Police said all the suspects died during the raids because they refused to obey orders or opened fire on police officers.<br/> <br />The bodies were moved to Denpasar airport to be flown to Jakarta, where autopsies are expected to be carried out.<br/> <br />Witnesses said they heard gunshots, but thought it was nothing.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED ITALIAN MAN WHO HEARD SHOOTING, SAYING:<br/> <br />"The first time, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. It stopped. Then more. Bum bum bum bum bum. I think, oh God, it must be children, but I don't understand nothing."<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH TOURIST STAYING AT SENIA HOTEL, KERRY SHORTEN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We thought, we just presumed it was fireworks, but when I think back, it definitely sounded a bit different to that. And then, later on, the staff here told us what happened, and we walked up. Just a lot of people. A lot of police. A lot of people. Yeah, it was kind of like an Oga-Oga parade."<br/> <br />Oga-Oga parade refers to the celebrations on the eve of Nyepi, or the annual Day of Silence marking Bali's Hindu New Year.<br/> <br />Australian media quoted a senior police officer as saying it was possible the group had been planning to carry out the attacks on the eve of their new year.<br/> <br />Sophia Soo, Reuters.
