16 Terrorists Arrested In West Sumatra Recruit Minors And Want To Overthrow Government

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JAKARTA - Special Detachment 88 Anti-terror mentions that 16 terrorist suspects arrested in West Sumatra are part of the Indonesian Islamic State (NII) network. In that network, they are said to have various goals, one of which is to overthrow the government.

"Has the intention to overthrow the legitimate government if the Unitary Republic of Indonesia is in a state of chaos or chaos", said Head of Operations Assistance for Special Detachment 88, Commissioner Aswin Siregar, in his statement, Monday, March 28.

Then, from the results of the examination, they also wished to change the ideology of Pancasila with the ideology of Islamic Shari'a completely or perfectly.

Dozens of these terrorists are also actively recruiting prospective members. Where the majority are minors.

"Massive recruitment of members in the West Sumatra region by involving minors", said Aswin.

"Performing various i'dad activities (military-style exercises) regularly, planning logistical preparations in the form of weapons", he continued.

Lastly, they are also connected with other groups in some areas. For example, Jakarta, West Java, and Bali.

Special Detachment 88 anti-terror arrested 16 suspects in the area of West Sumatra. These terrorists were caught in just one day

"Special Detachment 88 has arrested 16 suspected terrorists in the West Sumatra region", said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan.

Although the location of the arrests was in West Sumatra, dozens of terrorist suspects were arrested in different areas.

For example, 12 of them were arrested in Dharmasraya Regency. Then the rest in Tanah Datar Regency.

The police owl squad only needed a day to apprehend these dozen terrorists. They were arrested on March 25.