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| Southeast Asia |
| Is there a Uighur terror threat to southeast Asia? |
| 2015-12-29 |
| [TIME] Indonesian antiterror authorities say they have broken up a plot to attack officials, churches and other targets across Indonesia. A suspected terrorist from China’s remote northwest was arrested last week in Indonesia after the nation's antiterror squad raided a house in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta. During the December 24 raid, the police also seized an explosive device in a car and a model of a government building at the house, along with bomb-making materials. It is believed that the suspect, s Uighur man named Alli, was being trained to carry out a suicide bombing. Police chief Badrodin Haiti said, "He’s a Uighur who was learning Indonesian, and he was a [suicide bomber] in training." Alli is the 11th terrorist suspect arrested by the antiterror squad after a series of raids in cities across Java days before Christmas. According to the police, the crackdown, which started on Dec. 18 and was based on tips from the FBI and the Australian Federal Police, foiled a plot to attack several cities on the main islands of Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan. Among the targets were senior police officers, high-ranking officials, Christian churches and Shi'ite mosques. Alli, along with six of the terror suspects arrested days earlier, is allegedly part of a Daesh-affiliated terror ring linked to Bahrun Naim — an Indonesian convict who has gone to Syria to fight with Daesh. The remaining four belong to Jemaah Islamiyah, which is affiliated with al-Qaeda. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 If they are Muslim, the answer is YES |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2015-12-29 00:05 |