IS militants call for attacks on Japanese diplomatic missions

Kyodo reported that on September 11, the Japanese government said that the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) organization called on its supporters to attack three of the country's diplomatic missions in Bosnia, Malaysia and Indonesia.

IS rebel forces. (Source: nypost)

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"I have instructed all Japanese diplomatic missions to be vigilant and strengthen security," Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said at a press conference, pledging that Tokyo would take "all possible measures to ensure security" at locations targeted by IS.

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Previously, in the recent issue of IS's English-language electronic magazine Dabiq, the group singled out Japan - a member of the US-led international coalition against IS - and called on fighters not fighting with the terrorist organization in Iraq and Syria to find other opportunities such as "attacking Japanese diplomatic missions in Bosnia, Malaysia and Indonesia."

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In addition, IS also called for attacks on diplomatic missions of Panama and Saudi Arabia.

On the same day, a senior Japanese official said the government had issued a directive to strengthen security at its embassies worldwide./.

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