Durian. Indonesian Police anti-terror unit Detachment 88 on Feb.4 have transferred 26 terrorist suspects, members of banned terrorist group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), from Gorontalo and South Sulawesi provinces on Sulawesi Island to a terrorist prison in Cikeas, Bogor, West Java.
From 26 individuals, seven were arrested in Gorontalo and 19 others in Makassar, South Sulawesi, a National Police (Polri) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Rusdi Hartono told journalist at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten.
“In Gorontalo, their group is known as Ihawal Pahuwato. It is part of Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) that’s linked to ISIS,” Hartono explained, referring to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Those who were arrested in Makassar were members of JAD as well active members of the Islamic Defenders’ Front (FPI) for Makassar branch.
Both JAD and FPI are banned mass organizations in Indonesia.
Activities And Plots
Police discovered that those who are from Gorontalo have received trainings including on martial art, shooting, horse riding and archery and they have ability to assembly bomb.
The group has plots including attacking local police headquarters, policing official residents, top-rank officials of Gorontalo’s residents and robbery to some shops there, Hartono said.
Meanwhile, those who are from Makassar have ability to commit suicide bombing, he explained.
