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Indonesian minister stabbing exposes major flaws in security
The National Police revealed on Friday that the man suspected of stabbing the chief security minister, identified only as SA or Abu Rara, is an untrained member of homegrown militant group Jamaah Ansharut Daulat (JAD) — which had shown no signs it was planning to commit such a violent act.
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Military personnel carry Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto to a helicopter to be medevaced after he was attacked in Pandeglang, Banten, on Thursday. (AFP/Sammy)
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n attack on Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto in broad daylight in Pandeglang, Banten, has shed light on major flaws in the country's security for high-ranking officials, despite tightened surveillance on suspected terror networks in the past two years.
The National Police revealed on Friday that the man suspected of stabbing the chief security minister, identified only as SA or Abu Rara, is an untrained member of homegrown militant group Jamaah Ansharut Daulat (JAD) — which had shown no signs it was planning to commit such a violent act.
The 31-year-old had been on the police's radar for months for his affiliation with the group's Bekasi chapter leader, Abu Zee, who had been arrested along with at least another eight followers last month for allegedly planning to attack a police station in the West Java regency.
He was known to be hoarding blades, including a Japanese-style kunai, which had allegedly been used to attack Wiranto.
However, the police said they had been unable to arrest him because they had no evidence of him committing a crime.
"There was no sufficient proof of him committing a crime, so we only monitored him," said National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Dedi Prasetyo.
Wiranto, a retired army general and former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander, was stabbed twice in the abdomen only seconds after getting out of his car to attend the inauguration of an Islamic school in Sindanghayu village.
