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Tangerang calls for residents to be vigilant amid terror threats
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Police officers guard the front of a house where a raid was conducted on suspected terrorists on Jl. Gempol in Tangerang, Banten, on May 16. (kompas.com/ David Oliver Purba)
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he Tangerang administration has ordered district heads, subdistrict heads and community and neighborhood unit heads to intensify their monitoring following the arrest of three men suspected of being members of a terrorist group in Tangerang, Banten, on Wednesday.
The acting mayor of Tangerang, M. Yusuf, said residents should report suspicious figures to law enforcement officials.
He added the administration would launch “Operasi Yustisi” to control the in-flow of newcomers into the city.
“We want to limit the movements of terrorists who may be newcomers in the area,” Yusuf said on Thursday, as reported by tempo.co.
Tangerang administration spokesman Felix Mulyawan said the residents should be involved in the effort to prevent the dissemination of radical teachings in local neighborhoods.
“At the least, residents could be more aware of their surroundings and follow the mandatory reporting for newcomers,” Felix said.
The National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad conducted raids on Wednesday on locations on Jl. Gempol and Jl. Kunciran Indah in Pinang, Tangerang, which are located 1 kilometer apart.
They arrested three men identified as MC, G and A, on suspicions they were part of a terrorist group and also detained a woman as a witness.
National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Setyo Waseso alleged the group was part of the Jakarta network of Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), a local affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group. (cal)
