Indonesian police show items recently seized, including weapons and bomb-making materials, that they say were intended for use to attack government buildings and the Myanmar embassy, at police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia November 25, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Reno Esnir/via REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Police in Indonesia have arrested a suspected Islamist militant and seized a large quantity of bomb making material that he planned to use in attacks on government buildings and the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta next month, a police spokesman said.
The suspect, arrested at his home in Majalengka regency in West Java earlier this week, was identified as Rio Priatna Wibawa, 23, who is believed to be a member of an Indonesian group that supports Islamic State.
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