Indonesia on alert after IS gathering halted


JAKARTA: Indonesian police say they have halted a plan by alleged supporters of the Islamic State (IS) movement to hold a gathering in the Central Java city of Semarang scheduled for this Sunday.

National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto told reporters on Thursday that police in Semarang, East Java, had talked organizers of the event into canceling it.

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