Monday, December 21, 2015
Indonesian police have foiled a terror plot with the arrest of several men allegedly linked to a planned suicide bombing in Jakarta during New Year celebrations.
During raids in several cities across Java island on Friday and Saturday, five members of an alleged extremist network were arrested and chemicals, laboratory equipment and a flag inspired by the Islamic State group seized.
Among those arrested was Asep Urip, a 31-year-old teacher at an Islamic boarding school in Central Java, and his 35-year-old pupil Zaenal.
Police allege Zaenal was being groomed to carry out an attack. "From early information, it's known that Zaenal was a candidate for a suicide bombing in Jakarta to be conducted on New Year 2016," police documents said of the arrests.
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Anti-terror police detained the teacher and the student after swooping on two other men with connections both to the religious school and to expert bombmakers and radicals.
One of those men, Iwan, had traveled to West Java this month with the intention of building a bomb, police allege.
A fifth man was arrested near the city of Semarang, leading to a raid on his home where a wide array of suspect materials was seized.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Source: Jakarta New Year `terror plot foiled'
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