TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsAlleged terrorists targeted top officials and police for attack: Police Chief
Terror house: Boys pass the home of alleged terrorist Moch Choirul Amin, 38, in Trowulan village near Mojokerto in East Java on Sunday
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
T
span class="caption">Terror house: Boys pass the home of alleged terrorist Moch Choirul Amin, 38, in Trowulan village near Mojokerto in East Java on Sunday. On Saturday, the National Police's antiterrorism squad, Densus 88, arrested three suspected terrorists and confiscated evidence including jihad-themed books and documents, though no bomb-making materials were found in the house. (Antara/Syaiful Arif)
The nine alleged terrorists arrested over the weekend aimed to hit Indonesia's top officials and vital locations with a string of varied attacks, National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said on Monday.
Badrodin said that the alleged terrorists planned their actions for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
"We have anticipated attacks on state officials," he said as reported by kompas.com on Monday.
Moreover, other targets included police top officers, current and former members of the National Police's antiterrorist squad, Densus 88, police offices and other Islamic groups with different views, like the Shiite.
Badrodin said information from investigators revealed that the alleged terrorists were former members of the radical Jamah Islamiyah. Police also suspected them of having connections to the Islamic State (IS) group, he said.
Police investigators are currently questioning them. The Terrorism Law stipulates that suspected terrorists could be detained for questioning for seven days.
"We will decide to process them further or release them," he said.
Badrodin added that the attacks they planned included terror and violent acts like arson.
"There are massive, single and chained attack [plans]," he said.
Densus 88 officers arrested nine alleged terrorists in the past three days in various locations in the country: Cilacap and Sukoharjo in Central Java, Mojokerto and Gresik in East Java, Tasikmalaya in West Java and Pekanbaru, Riau province. The officers also confiscated bomb materials in the raids.
The security officers had been on alert for attacks by radical groups following a string of attacks in Paris in November than killed 130 people.
Indonesia's most wanted terrorist, Santoso, had also announced a plan to attack the State Palace and Jakarta Police headquarters through an audio recording that went viral in the same month.
Badrodin explained that in their plan, the alleged terrorists changed the term "groom" [for suicide bomber] into "concert".
He refused to give details on whether they planned the same attack pattern as the terrorists used in Paris where they bombed a concert hall. (rin)
