The ISIS logo is displayed on a wall in Grogol, Central Java. (JG Photo/Ali Lutfi) |
Jakarta.
Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police have arrested four Turks suspected of being
linked to the Islamic State jihadist group, a spokesman said on Sunday.
The elite
Detachment 88 police squad arrested the men, along with three Indonesians, after
tailing their car on Saturday in central Sulawesi district of Poso, a known
hotbed for militant activity, Boy Rafli Amar told AFP.
“They are
Turkish,” Amar said, confirming the arrest and adding that the men were being
investigated for their connection to the dreaded Islamist group.
“We suspect
they are linked and are investigating further,” he said.
Indonesia
is home to the world’s biggest Muslim population of about 225 million and has
long struggled with terrorism. But a successful clampdown in recent years has
seen the end of major deadly attacks.
Jakarta has
estimated that dozens of Indonesians have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight
and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was concerned about their
return, adding that he had tasked agencies to oppose the spread of extremist
ideology in the sprawling nation.
Ronny
Sompie, another police spokesman said two of the Indonesians arrested Saturday
had fetched the foreigners “believed to be from an international terror group”
from Makassar airport in South Sulawesi.
“The four
foreigners managed to flee to the mountains” before their capture, he said.
Agence France-Presse
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