[Al Arabiya Latest] A French national wanted in Indonesia over alleged ties with al-Qaeda-linked militants is also on the run from authorities in France, police in Jakarta said Wednesday.Frederic Jean Salvi - also known as Ali - came to the attention of Indonesian anti-terror police earlier this month after a raid on a bomb factory in West Java, during which they seized a car owned by him..
Police also confiscated explosives and suspected that the vehicle would be used as a car bomb.
"He was involved in a radical organization in France and is also on a wanted list there," Indonesian police chief detective Ito Sumardi said.
"So we'll have a coordination with the French Interpol," he said.
Sumardi said the French national, who is believed to still be at large in Indonesia, is a member of Salafi Jihadi, although he did not give further details on the group.
Police have arrested 102 terror suspects, detaining 66 of them, in a series of nationwide raids after discovering an extremist training camp in Aceh, northern Sumatra island, in February. Top radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakr Bashir was arrested last week for allegedly setting-up and funding the camp which involved al-Qaeda-linked extremists who were plotting a wave of attacks in Jakarta.