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Police arrest men in Depok with alleged links to Jakarta attack
Police officers secure the Ratu Indah Mall in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Friday
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Police officers secure the Ratu Indah Mall in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Friday. West and South Sulawesi Police have tightened up security at strategic sites to anticipate terrorist threats following attacks in Jakarta that claimed seven lives on Thursday. (Antara/Dewi Fajriani) (Antara/Dewi Fajriani)
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span class="inline inline-center">Police officers secure the Ratu Indah Mall in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Friday. West and South Sulawesi Police have tightened up security at strategic sites to anticipate terrorist threats following attacks in Jakarta that claimed seven lives on Thursday. (Antara/Dewi Fajriani)
In the hunt for more suspects linked to the terror attack that occurred in Central Jakarta on Thursday, the police raided several locations and apprehended three people south of the capital in Depok, West Java, on Friday morning.
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Anton Charliyan said on Friday that the police's antiterrorism unit Densus 88 had moved to hunt down suspects, as reported by kompas.com.
The police arrested three men suspected to have links to Thursday's fatal attacks on Jl. MH Thamrin. The men ' Saiful, 40, Isro, 35, and Sudirman, 30 ' were apprehended on Jl. H. Dul, Cipayung subdistrict, Depok.
An Islamic State (IS) movement flag was found at the location of the arrest, Anton said.
Depok Police chief Sr. Comr. Dwiyono said the raid was led by the Jakarta Police's general crimes unit director Sr. Comr. Krishna Murti early on Friday.
"We apprehended them because we received reports that they had threatened a woman, [telling her] to join their group, and that their group is spreading terror," he said as quoted by kompas.com.
The police also confiscated a laptop, and are conducting further investigations on possible links between the three men and the Thamrin attack. (rin)(+)
