Indonesia arrests dozens of terror suspects ahead of polls results
Indonesia has arrested dozens of terror suspects in the run-up to the revealing of election results. Authorities say some were planning to detonate bombs at political demonstrations. – EPA pic, May 17, 2019.
INDONESIAN police said today that they have arrested dozens of Islamic-State linked terror suspects, including some who planned to detonate bombs at political demonstrations when election results are announced next week. Some 29 suspects were rounded up this month alone, with 60 in all detained since the start of the year in raids across the Southeast Asian nation, they said.
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