48 Suspected Terrorists Arrested By Densus 88 From The Jamaah Islamiyah Group And JAD Social Media

Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Densus 88 Anti-terror have arrested 48 suspected terrorists for three days. From the examination, they are a network of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) and Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD).

"Based on data compiled from Thursday 12 August to Sunday 15 August 2021, Densus 88 managed to arrest 48 suspected terrorists", said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan to reporters, Monday, August 16.

The majority of the suspected terrorists arrested were from the JI network with a total of 45 people. Meanwhile, the rest are members of the JAD network.

Especially for the 3 JAD terrorist suspects said Ramadhan, they are members of a group on social media. However, his role is still being explored.

"JAD's social media network has 3 suspects", said Ramadhan.

Then, referring to the data, dozens of suspected terrorists were arrested in various areas, including North Sumatra, Jambi, Lampung, Banten, West Java, Central Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, Maluku, West Kalimantan, and social media networks.

"(Arrests) in 11 regions of Indonesia", said Ramadhan.