Indonesia arrests three terrorist suspects

A suspected terrorist arrested in West Kalimantan (Photo: Antara)

Jakarta (VNA) – The Counterterrorism Special Detachment (Densus 88)of the Indonesian National Police on February 17 arrested three terroristsuspects with links to the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) network.

The three were arrested in Pontianak city, Singkawang cityand Kubu Raya district, said Head of Public Relations of the West KalimantanRegional Police, Donny Charles Go.

Currently three suspected terrorists are still beinginvestigated intensively at the Mobile Brigade Police Headquarters of WestKalimantan.

JAD is responsible for a string of attacks, includingsuicide bombings at churches in East Java in 2018, which killed a dozen people.The group was listed as a forbidden organisation in July 2018./.

VNA