Indonesia nabs alleged militants recruiting fighters for Syrian conflict


JAKARTA, Aug 15 (Xinhua): The Indonesian anti-terror squad has arrested 15 alleged militants who have recruited combatants to fight in Syria and held military-style training camps for terrorist strikes, a police officer said on Friday night (Aug 14).

The militants have financed and supplied logistics for a terrorist cell of the Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) operating in Poso district of Central Sulawesi province, National Police's spokesman Awi Setiyono said.

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