Arrest 3 Terrorists, Densus 88 Says There Is No Increase In Escalation Of Terror Threats Ahead Of Independence Day

Spokesperson for Densus 88 Anti-terror Kombes Aswin Siregar (left)/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The National Police's Anti-terror Detachment 88 ensures that there is no increase in the escalation of the threat of terrorism ahead of Indonesian Independence Day. Although, in the past week three terrorism suspects have been arrested.

"So far there has been no escalation of an increase in threats until the 17 August commemoration," said the spokesman for the National Police's Anti-terror Detachment 88, Kombes Aswin Siregar, to reporters, Wednesday, August 7.

The three terrorist suspects were arrested in two series. First, the HOK which was arrested in Batu, East Java, on July 31, 2024, was arrested.

The 19-year-old terrorist suspect is said to have assembled a bomb and plans to carry out suicide bombings in two places of worship.

The second arrest is the prosecution of RJ and AM who are supporters of ISIS. They were arrested in West Jakarta, on August 6.

Aswin confirmed that the two series of arrests were not related to national events.

The action taken is one of the efforts to prevent the occurrence of criminal acts of terrorism, especially in the form of attacks or terror.

These two arrests are not related to events or national events that occur. Purely because they are indeed at a point where we have to do prevention prevention before the attack occurs," said Aswin.

In addition, it was also emphasized that the suspects from the two series of arrests were not related to each other. Although, they are a supporter of the Islamic State group

"Nothing. So including social media groups and websites that are accessed are also different," said Aswin.