Jakarta: The recent flurry of crackdowns on suspected local Islamic State (IS) movement supporters in Jakarta, West Java, Banten, East Java and Central Sulawesi has served as a strong warning about the danger of the terrorist group in Indonesia.
In the past week, the National Police’s counterterrorism squad Densus 88 arrested eight suspects in greater Jakarta and Malang, East Java. Police also detained 16 Indonesians deported from Turkey after their bid to cross the border into Syria was foiled.
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