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| Indonesia: Fresh anti-terror arrests in West Java |
| 2010-08-11 |
| [ADN Kronos] Terrorism suspects arrested in West Java province were brought overnight to police headquarters in Bandung following police raids in the Indonesian province, an official said. It was not immediately clear if the arrests were linked to that of firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Baasyir on Monday in West Java together with five of his bodyguards. "They (the suspects) were brought last night to be temporarily detained here...the ongoing investigation process is beung conducted conducted by national police," Bandung police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar told reporters on Tuesday. He did not state the number of people detained, but reports said that eight suspects were arrested after police raids a number of location in West Java on Monday. Police said that the suspects were planning to carry out car-bomb attacks. In August last year, a similar car-bomb attack plan was uncovered when an anti-terror squad raided a house in Jatiasih, Bekasi, West Java. Two suspects were shot dead and several others were arrested during the operation. Baasyir is suspected of setting up an Islamist militant training camp in Aceh. Police claim the camp, uncovered in February, was Al-Qaeda's regional base. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I need to have my eyes checked. I kept reading this headline as "FRENCH" anti-terror arrests, and I couldn't figure out what the devil the French had to do with Indonesian terror arrests. Mystery (of my own creation) solved! |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-08-11 15:11 |