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Alleged IS member arrested at Juanda airport
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On alert -- Fully equipped personnel from the West Java Police Mobile Brigade get prepared to enter the Arjuna subdistrict office in Cicendo district, Bandung, West Java, to arrest a suspected terrorist on Monday. (Courtesy of Kompas.com/File)
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he National Police’s counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, arrested an Indonesian citizen allegedly linked to the Islamic State (IS) movement at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, on Saturday.
The man, identified only as MNU, is from Pasuruan, East Java, and was arrested after arriving from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“We have increased security [in East Java], especially in the most vulnerable areas,” East Java Police spokesperson Frans Barung Mangera said on Saturday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Densus 88 have arrested several alleged terrorists since Friday in several areas in East Java.
On Friday, three people allegedly affiliated with Jemaah Anshorut Daulah (JAD) were arrested in Lamongan, East Java. One of them, Zaenal Anshari, is the current JAD leader.
JAD is an umbrella organization on the US State Department "terrorist" list that is estimated to have drawn hundreds of IS sympathizers in Indonesia.
Also on Saturday, the police shot dead six alleged terrorists in Tuban, East Java, after a failed drive-by shooting targeted police officers in East Java. (hol)
