Jayapura, Papua – 10 males and one woman, who were arrested in May this year for supposedly outlining suicide bombings at numerous churches in Merauke district, were flown to Jakarta on a chartered aircraft on Thursday morning, said cops.
The aircraft bring the suspects stayed in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province, en route to Jakarta, Papua cops chief, Insp.Gen.Mathius D. Fakhiri, said.
The case involving the suspects, who were collared on May 28, 2021, will be managed by the National Police’s counterterrorism team, Densus 88, he informed reporters after National Cops Day (Hari Bhayangkara) commemorations on Thursday.
The suspects have been determined by their initials as AK, SB, ZR, UAT, DS, SD, SR, YPK, SW, AP, and IK, he stated.
2 of the suspects, identified as AP and IK, are married and their six-month old baby was flown with them to Jakarta, he informed.
Earlier, while notifying the press about their arrests, Fakhiri had said that Densus 88 had actually taken a number of items from the suspects, consisting of sharp weapons and guns.
Cops have accused them of plotting suicide bombings at numerous churches in the sub-districts of Merauke, Jagebob, Kurik, Semangga, and Tanah Tinggi.
The suspects were apprehended before they could perform their strategies, stated cops adding, they had actually regularly checked out Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province.
Several of them may have links with the Makassar suicide bombing case, Fakhiri said.
Indonesia has been a target of terrorist attacks given that 2000, and the spread of radicalism and terrorism has actually continued to posture a danger to the country.
On March 28, 2021, two suicide bombers with declared links to the JAD network had blown themselves up using a pressure cooker bomb outside a church on Kajaolalido roadway in the Baru community of Makassar.
The bombers had tried to enter the church compound after a Palm Sunday Mass service, however had actually been come by security guards at eviction.
A minimum of 20 individuals, including worshipers and the security guards, had been hurt in the blast, which took place around 10: 30 a.m. local time.
The suicide bombers had passed away soon after the attack.
Over the previous six months, Papua has actually seen a string of deadly attacks, with Papuan separatists targeting civilians in districts such as Puncak and Intan Jaya.
The armed groups typically employ hit-and-run strategies versus Indonesian security personnel and unleash acts of terror against civilians to produce fear among individuals.
Ojek drivers, teachers, trainees, and street food suppliers are amongst those who have actually fallen victim to such acts of terror. The armed groups have actually even targeted civilian aircraft. (INE)
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