Jakarta: A suicide bomber who blew himself up at the Medan police headquarters in North Sumatra had pledged allegiance to a new Islamic State (IS) caliph (leader) before committing the attack, a global think tank said.
Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC) revealed the information through its Twitter account @TRACterrorism on Wednesday afternoon, citing the news spread by IS supporters on their Telegram channel as its source.
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