Indonesia arrests terrorism suspect

(Baonghean.vn) - Indonesian police on November 24 in West Java province arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State organization IS and confiscated explosives, national police spokesman Boy Rafly Amar said.

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According to police, the suspect is a 24-year-old man carrying TNT and other chemicals used in the production of explosives. The suspect was arrested and is believed to have links with Bahrun Naim, one of the possible masterminds of the terrorist attack in central Jakarta in January this year, which killed 8 people and injured more than 20 others.

Less than a week ago, in the eastern suburbs of Jakarta, Indonesian police arrested five suspected terrorists. According to official figures from the national police, 500 Indonesians have joined the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Of these, only about 40 have returned to the country and are under surveillance by Indonesian authorities.

Indonesia has suffered a series of small-scale terrorist attacks in recent months, including a bombing outside a church in the city of Samarinda and an attack on police officers on the outskirts of Jakarta./.

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(According to Ria Novosti)