Indonesian anti-terror squad arrests railway employee for alleged link to IS


Officers of the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad take action during a simulation held on Dec 16, 2020 at Lebak Bulus MRT Station in South Jakarta. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad has arrested an employee of state-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) on suspicions that he is an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser.

The suspected terrorist, identified only by his initials DE, was arrested on Monday (Aug 14) afternoon at his rented house in Bekasi, West Java.

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