Abu Wardah | |
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أبو وردة | |
Born | |
Died | 18 July 2016 Tambarana, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia | (aged 39)
Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
Nationality | Indonesian |
Other names | Santoso, Abu Wardah as-Syarqi, Abu Yahya |
Organization | East Indonesia Mujahideen |
Successor | Ali Kalora (2016–2021) |
Santoso (21 August 1976 – 18 July 2016), known as Abu Wardah (Arabic: أبو وردة), was an Indonesian Islamic militant and the leader of East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT). He pledged allegiance to ISIL in July 2014. He was killed on 18 July 2016 by the Indonesian Army after two years of hiding in the jungles near Poso, Sulawesi.[1]