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Island focus: Police arrest alleged IS sympathizers
North Sumatra’s Labuhan Batu Police have arrested two men over the weekend on suspicions they are sympathizers of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group
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orth Sumatra’s Labuhan Batu Police have arrested two men over the weekend on suspicions they are sympathizers of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
The two men, identified only as AK, 28, and FG, 27, were arrested Friday evening in the Sigambal area of Labuhan Batu regency, said Labuhan Batu Police head of criminal investigation Adj. Comr. Teuku Fathir Mustafa.
A traffic operation conducted in the area resulted in the arrests. The police suspected AK of being an IS sympathizer as he reportedly sent a text message to a friend when he was arrested during the raid that said: “I was arrested by thogut.” Thogut derives from an Arabic word meaning people who disobey God.
Not long after the message was sent, FG arrived at the location of the raid. He allegedly demanded the police to release his friend. The police then apprehended the two and took them to the Labuhan Batu police station for questioning.
