Sumenep Police Akutuhkan Anggotanya Bantu Densus 88 Tertangkap Tiga Orang Terduda Teroris

Densus 88 arrested three suspected terrorists in Sumenep. (photo: dock. inter)

The Sumenep Police confirmed the arrest of three residents suspected of being involved in a terrorist network by the Special Datasemen Team (Densus) 88 Anti-terror Police Headquarters in Sumenep, East Java, Friday, October 28. "It is true that there were arrests," said Sumenep Police Chief AKBP Edo Satya Kentriko in Sumenep, to Antara, Saturday, October 29. A number of Sumenep Police personnel were also deployed to assist security during the arrest. The three suspected terrorists who were arrested each had the initials A, a teacher at one of the basic public schools in Manding District, N salh, a resident of Kaliangget, and D residents of Pangarangan Village, Sumenep. The arrest of the three suspected terrorists in Sumenep is the development of the arrest by Densus 88 in Sampang on October 13, 2022.

At that time, the Densus 88 Anti-terror team at the Police Headquarters arrested a state civil servant (ASN) with the initials S because there were allegations of being involved in an international terrorist organization, namely Jamaah Islamiah (JI). Until now, a total of Madurese who were arrested by the Densus 88 Anti-terror Team at the National Police Headquarters on suspicion of being involved in a terrorist network as many as five people. The details in Sumenep Regency are four people, consisting of three people who were arrested on October 28, 2022. Previously, one other person in 2016 after being detected, Densus 88 has seen a terrorist network since 2010. One other suspected terrorist was arrested in Sampang Regency on October 13, 2022.