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Police beef up security in wake of IS threat
A threat from an alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) movement, has alarmed the National Police, forcing them to beef up security personnel
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threat from an alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) movement, has alarmed the National Police, forcing them to beef up security personnel.
The threat was made by a man identified as Abu Jandal al Yemeni al Indonesi in a video uploaded on YouTube.
In the four-minute video, the man made a threat in Indonesian directed against the Indonesian Military (TNI), specifically TNI commander Gen. Moeldoko, the National Police and the Ansor's civilian security guards (Banser), a youth wing of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama.
National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto said on Friday that the police had been alerted by the video.
'Besides protecting people, we also have to keep ourselves safe,' he told reporters at the National Police's headquarters in South Jakarta.
Agus acknowledged that the police were a little worried with the threat and had taken measures to blunt it.
'We have taken measure internally to heighten our alertness. For example, we have instructed our personnel to take more precautions and be more active in monitoring their surroundings,' he said.
Agus also said that police investigators had studied the video.
'We are investigating who made the video. The public also have to report to the police should they find anything that could pose threats to security,' he said
The video first caught the public's attention when it was uploaded on YouTube on Tuesday by an account identified only as 'Abu Muhammad'.
As of Friday evening, the video had gained more than 30,000 views.
The video starts with a man appearing in a white room with an opened black door, standing against the sunlight, which comes through the door.
The man, wearing what appears to be a black military vest, black hat and black gloves, does not identify himself.
However, another YouTube video, showing the man delivering an Eid greeting as well as urging Indonesians to join IS' fight against infidels in front of a mosque in Syria, identified the man as Abu Jandal Al-Yamani, a jihadist.
A third YouTube video, meanwhile, shows the man's original name to be Salim Mubarok Attamimi, who was identified as a milk vendor from Malang, East Java.
In the new video, Abu Jandal started by directly addressing Moeldoko, the National Police and Banser.
'We are waiting for you. We have heard that you wanted to help the coalition army to obliterate the daulah [authority] of the Khilafah [Islamic state]. Just know that we are really happy to hear that because it means our meeting will be hastened by Allah,' he said.
Then he began pointing his fingers to the camera while saying 'if you won't come to us, then we're the ones who will come to you'.
He later drops a hint that threat would come from overseas by saying that he would come back to the country to enforce Islamic law.
'And of course we know that in order to enforce Islamic law, we have to start from fighting against you and slaughter you one by one,' he said.
He then proceeded to mock the opponents of IS.
'These days the coalition army is overwhelmed in their fight against the Islamic power and thus need help from foolish pigs like you,' he said.
He also claimed that he was ready to die in the name of Allah.
'In the name of Allah, we could die while protecting the Islamic State. Of course death is one of the things that we want,' he said.
