Indonesian teen arrested for online exremist propaganda in South Sulawesi


JAKARTA (Bernama): Indonesia’s elite counter-terrorism unit, Densus 88, has arrested an 18-year-old teenager in South Sulawesi province on suspicion of spreading extremist propaganda and inciting acts of terrorism online, police said Sunday.

The suspect, a local man, identified only by the initials MAS, was detained on Saturday at 5.20 pm local time in Gowa regency, according to Densus 88 Information and Documentation Office.

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