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Police put on alert for possible revenge attacks

Bambang Nurbianto (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Thu, March 24, 2016

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Police put on alert for possible revenge attacks On guard – Two police members stand guard in front of a resident's house that is being searched as part of a security operation in Langgen village, Telang, Tegal regency, Central Java, on Jan.15. The National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad, supported by other police units, arrested five suspected terrorists in the raid. (Antara/-)

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ational Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti has ordered the police force to take measures in anticipation of possible revenge attacks in response to a series of arrests of alleged terrorists in a number of places across the country.

Speaking to the press after chairing a meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday, he urged all police personnel to ensure peace and security in urban areas such as Jakarta, as members of terrorist networks were certainly “unhappy about the arrest of several alleged terrorists.”

“The agenda of the meeting was to ensure security and order in the community, particularly from possible disturbance from terrorists,” Badrodin said as reported by kompas.com.

 He called for police officers to give special attention to the security of important facilities such as airports, government institutions and other places where many people usually gathered.

Since the Jakarta attack on Jan. 14, the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad has arrested dozens of alleged terrorists.

Late last month, the police arrested two alleged terrorists in Malang, East Java. Most recently, Siyono, an alleged terrorist, reportedly died undergoing interrogation after being arrested at his house in Central Java.

Members of a joint police-military operation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, also arrested and killed a number of suspected members of the Mujahideen Indonesia Timor (MIT) terror group led by Santoso, aka Abu Wardah, in Central Sulawesi’s town of Poso.

Badrodin said that the security personnel had intensified their operation by carrying out raids in a number of places to restrict the movement of MIT members. “The raids will be carried out secretly in a number of places,” said Badrodin as reported by kompas.com in Jakarta on Wednesday.

He claimed the police had identified a place that Santoso and members of his group had used as a hideout on several occasions and that security personnel had been involved in shootouts that caused casualties of both sides.

“We don’t know whether Santoso was among those who were involved in the shootouts. We are still waiting for the progress of the operation,” said Badrodin, adding that he was optimistic that Santoso would soon be arrested.

“There are only geographic problems in the way of their arrest. We are already aware of their location,” he added. (bbn)

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