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Bottles of chemical liquid found at house of C. Java terrorist suspect
Personnel of the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad searched the boarding house of suspected terrorist Kafid Fathoni, 23, in Kampung Keputren, Kartasura, Sukoharjo, Central Java, on Monday.
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Under investigation – Personnel of the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad search the boarding house of suspected terrorist Kafid Fathoni, 23, in Kampung Keputren, Kartasura, Sukoharjo, Central Java, on Monday. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
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ersonnel of the National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad searched the boarding house of suspected terrorist Kafid Fathoni, 23, in Kampung Keputren, Kartasura, Sukoharjo, Central Java, on Monday. They confiscated dozens of bottles containing chemical liquid, a rice cooker, a laptop and a number of documents during the raid.
Kafid is a student of Islamic banking at the Surakarta State Islamic Institute (IAIN). He was arrested at his house in Kampung Gebang, Walikukun village, Widodaren, Ngawi, East Java, on Sunday. It is suspected that he is part of a terrorism network, together with five other suspects. They are Nur Solihin, Agus Supriyadi, Dian Yulia Novi, Sutanto alias Abu Izzah and Wawan Prasetyo.
The two-hour search began at around 10 a.m. Dozens of Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel blocked road access to Kafid’s boarding house, which is not far from the former Kartasura Palace compound.
Suripto, the head of a neighborhood association in Keputren, said Kafid had only lived in the boarding house for past two months. Before that, Kafid lived in a boarding house in Pucangan sub-district, not far from the IAIN Surakarta campus.
“He moved here just two months ago. I haven’t even received a copy of his ID card,” said Suripto, who witnessed the search.
Sukoharjo Police chief Adj.Sr.Comr.Ruminio Ardano said the search was a follow up of Kafid’s arrest in Ngawi on Sunday. He is suspected of being involved in bombing plots with several other terrorism suspects arrested in three cities in Central Java, namely Karanganyar, Klaten, and Surakarta; Bekasi in West Java and Jakarta. (ebf)
