JAKARTA, Oct 13 (NNN-ANTARA) – The anti-terror squad of Indonesian national police, nabbed two alleged militants, who had secretly planned to launch a strike in the country’s Bali resort island, a police officer said on Saturday.
Achmad Taufikurrahman and his son, Zaid AliIbrahim were arrested in Jembrana of the island on Thursday, spokesman of police office in Bali province, Senior Commissioner Hengky Widjaja, said.
“The two persons were captured on Bali island,” the spokesman said, adding, they are loyal to a leader of the Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakar Al Bagdadi.
Both terrorists had carried out preparation for launching an attack on Bali island, the centre of Indonesian tourism industry, said Hengky.
The two militants also have linkages with Syaril Alamsyah alias Abu Rara, the assailant who stabbed Indonesian chief security minister, Wiranto, on Thursday, local media reported.
Wiranto was attacked as he was getting out of a car in a town square in Banten province.
Militants staged several terrorist strikes in Indonesia, including the multiple suicide attacks in East Java and Riau provinces in May, 2018, and suicide strikes at a police station and a Starbucks Cafe in the heart of Jakarta, which killed eight people in Jan, 2016.– NNN-ANTARA