Densus Names 4 Terrorists In North Sumatra And Riau JI Network

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JAKARTA - Detachment 88 Anti-terror has arrested four terrorist suspects in North Sumatra and Riau. They are members of the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) network.

"It's true, four of those who were secured by the JI network," said Head of the Banops Detachment 88 Anti-terror Police Kombes Aswin Siregar to VOI, Tuesday, July 26.

However, it has not been explained in detail about the identity and role of each of the terrorists. Because the research is still being done.

So far, Aswin said that from the arrests, a total of 17 terrorist suspects were arrested. They were arrested in North Sumatra, Aceh and Riau.

"JI network 15 people and JAD 2 people," said Aswin

For information, Densus 88 Anti-terror arrested 13 terrorist suspects in the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) area. They are a network of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) and Jamaah Anshorut Daulah (JAD).

For the JI group, 11 people were arrested. They had the initials ES, RU, DN, JU, SY, MF, RS, FE, SU, AKH, and MH. They also have different roles in the group.

As for the JAD group, two people were arrested. Both had the initials RI and MA.