East Java Regional Police Receives Terror Message After Capturing 22 Terrorist Suspects: Wait For Our Attack Time

SURABAYA - The police have received terror threats. The chain message circulated widely on the WhatsApp messaging application, after the arrest of 22 terrorist suspects from the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network in the East Java region.

"We have received the message before the transfer of 22 terrorist suspects from the East Java Regional Police Headquarters to the Indonesian Police Headquarters, Jakarta," said Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police, Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko at the East Java Regional Police Headquarters, Surabaya, Thursday, March 18.

Police are investigating the party who sent and spread the serial terror message. Kombes Gatot is profiling message senders.

"We are conducting an investigation. We are waiting for the results, now it is still being profiled and we have coordinated with Ditsiber and Densus to profiling who made and distributed it," he said.

The chain terror message contains:

"AND WAITING FOR A MORE MINUTE MORE REGIONS ESPECIALLY EAST JAVA WILL GET ATTACK FROM US! ESPECIALLY HIS MARKET PLACE THE B ** WILL BE CHOCOLATE WE WILL MAKE THE MAIN TARGET!"

Previously, as many as 22 terrorist suspects arrested in East Java were taken to the Cikeas Detention Center, Bogor from Surabaya.

They were dispatched to Juanda Airport using two buses from the East Java Regional Police. With tight escort from the Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Police Headquarters personnel, who are fully armed.

A total of 22 suspected terrorists were arrested in several areas in East Java. Namely in Sidoarjo Regency, Surabaya City, Mojokerto, Malang and Bojonegoro. They are, FA, FU, NA, SS, AY, TS, YA, RZ, BR, YP, EP, YT, AI, AS, RA, ZA, ME, IE, HS, AR, BS and HAB.

From their hands, Densus 88 also confiscated a number of books, including the title 'Tarbiyah Jihadiyah' by Assyaikh Dr Abdullah Azzam, 'Sacred Dreams Behind Iron Bars' by Ali Ghufron,' Sekuntum Rosela Pelipur Lara 'by Imam Samudra and the book' Wasiat Syuhada 'WTC' by Abul Abbas Az-zahrani.

Apart from books, Densus 88 also confiscated a number of other pieces of evidence, such as dozens of sharp weapons, dozens of charity boxes, as much as Rp197 million in cash and a number of other pieces of evidence.