Detained militant recruited Jolo bombers

Under arrest: The Indonesian militant was nabbed in Keningau, Sabah.

KUALA LUMPUR: An Indonesian Islamic State (IS) militant, who was among three detained last month, was responsible for smuggling an Indonesian family of four, identified as the attackers of a church in Jolo, southern Philippines.

Sources said the 20-year-old suspect was a facilitator in smuggling Indonesian militants to southern Philippines by using Sabah as a transit point since October 2018.