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22 IS-affiliated terror suspects arrested in Indonesia

The Indonesian police said on March 22 that its counterterrorism unit Densus 88 has arrested 22 suspected terrorists with alleged links to the homegrown terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
22 IS-affiliated terror suspects arrested in Indonesia ảnh 1A suspected terrorist (Photo:AP)
Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian police said on March 22 that itscounterterrorism unit Densus 88 has arrested 22 suspected terrorists withalleged links to the homegrown terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

Indonesian National Policespokesman Rusdi Hartono said Densus 88 held those suspects in the three regionsof North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Jakarta. Of them, two were arrested inJakarta, six in West Sumatra, and 14 in North Sumatra.

The JI group was behind the 2002 Bali bombings which killed more than 200people on the resort island. The group that has links to the terrorist IslamicState (IS) group was declared an illegal organisation in 2018.

JI has operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, southern Philippines and Brunei./.
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