Indonesian police have arrested 27 suspected militants with links to banned extremist groups, including Jemmaah Anshorut Daulah (JAD), ahead of the 2024 elections. The arrests were made after the interrogation of 18 militants arrested earlier. Authorities are taking preventive action against possible acts of terror, but there is no indication of increasing terrorism threats so far.
Indonesian police said Saturday they arrested at least 27 suspected militants believed to have links to banned extremist groups, in a nationwide crackdown as the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country gears up for elections in 2024.“We are still investigating and interrogating all those arrested in search for other possible suspects,” said Aswin Siregar, the spokesperson of Densus 88 told The Associated Press.
The arrests were made after the interrogation of 18 suspected militants arrested since Oct. 2, Ramadhan said. “There is no indication of increasing terrorism threats ahead of next year’s elections so far,” he said. “This is part of our efforts to take preventive action against possible acts of terror in the country.”
The group was responsible for several deadly suicide bombings in Indonesia, including a deadly 2016 attack in Jakarta that killed eight people and a wave of suicide bombings in 2018 in Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya, where two families, including girls aged 9 and 12, blew themselves up at churches and a police station, killing 13 people.
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