JAKARTA: Suspects involved in the foiled plot to fire a rocket at Marina Bay, Singapore, had planned to launch the strike from a hill in Batam, said Indonesia’s counter-terrorism chief Suhardi Alius.
The launch site in Taman Habibie – famous for a stairway locals call “the 1,000 steps” – is located about 17km from Singapore’s shoreline and just over 18km from the iconic Marina Bay Sands integrated resort.
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