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Indonesian police foil Jakarta bombing plot

Indonesia’s National Police have prevented a bombing attempt targeting business districts of Jakarta and arrested headmasters and their accomplices.
Indonesian police foil Jakarta bombing plot ảnh 1Indonesian police patrol in Jakarta on May 1, 2019 (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s National Police haveprevented a bombing attempt targeting business districts of Jakarta andarrested headmasters and their accomplices.

Abdul Basith, a lecturer at Bogor Agricultural University,and former naval officer Sony Santoso were arrested along with eight othersuspects, who they had recruited from outside Jakarta.

The group planned to place explosive devices at sevenlocations in business centres around the city – namely Otista, Kelapa Gading,Senen, Glodok and Taman Anggrek – and to explode them during the “Mujahid 212Rally” on September 28. The attack was said to target Chinese-Indonesians inthe country.

According to the police, Abdul, who admitted to planning,recruiting and financing the bombing, prepared 29 fish bombs filled with nailsfor the attack.

Abdul said that the plan was discussed at the house of Soenarkoon September 20 and that the former naval officer suggested the seven spots./. 
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