Indonesia’s National Police counter-terrorism squad arrested on July 31 a 19-year-old suspected terrorist who had planned to attack places of worship.
“The plan was to detonate bombs at two places of worship in Malang,” said Karo Penmas, Public Relations Division of the National Police, Brigadier General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko.
During the student’s arrest in Batu, Malang Regency, East Java, the terror squad known as Densus 88 confiscated several pieces of evidence, including chemicals believed to be used for making bombs.
“Based on the results of the investigation, it is known that the suspect planned to carry out a suicide bombing using TATP (triacetone triperoxide) explosives,” Penmas explained.
Penmas said that the suspect was a sympathizer of the Daulah Islamiyah terrorist group affiliated with the Islamic State group (ISIS).
Densus 88 also searched one of the rented houses in the Bunga Tanjung housing complex, Jeding Hamlet, Junrejo Village, Junrejo District, Batu City, East Java, on Thursday, August 1. The suspected terrorists who were raided at the Bunga Tanjung Housing Complex consisted of a married couple and a teenager.
