Densus 88 arrest 12 suspected terrorists in East Java

Throughout operations in East Java, the Densus 88 group jailed 12 believed terrorists

Jakarta – The National Cops’s Counterterrorism Squad, Densus 88, arrested 12 presumed terrorists in East Java on Friday, a cops representative said.

” Throughout operations in East Java, the Densus 88 team arrested 12 believed terrorists,” chief of the public relations division at the National Authorities Head Office, Inspector General Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono, said in Jakarta on Friday.

The 12 suspected terrorists were recognized by their initials as UBS alias F, TS, AS, AIH alias AP, BR, RBM, Y, F, ME, AYR, RAS, and MI.

They are thought to have actually played various functions in the terrorism network, Yuwono stated.

However, he refused to disclose the chronology of the arrest as the Densus 88 team is still on the field examining the case.

Previously in the day, chief of the general public relations division of the East Java Provincial Authorities, Senior Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko, had validated that Densus 88 had actually detained a number of males thought to have been involved in terrorist acts in Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Mojokerto, and Malang, East Java.

” It is true that Densus 88 at the National Authorities Headquarters has arrested several presumed terrorists in East Java, consisting of Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Mojokerto, and Malang,” he said.

Densus 88 has actually likewise apprehended one more suspected terrorist, determined by his initials as AIH, from a home in Medokan Sawah No. 121, Rungkut, Surabaya.

During the search, the Densus 88 team likewise seized arrows, samurai, boxing, and taekwondo equipment as evidence.

It is still not clear whether the 12 thought terrorists jailed on Friday had anything to do with those jailed previously.

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