{"id":23232,"date":"2017-02-27T12:25:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=23232"},"modified":"2017-02-27T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:25:23","slug":"indonesian-police-kill-bomber-investigate-for-link-to-is-sympathizers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/indonesian-police-kill-bomber-investigate-for-link-to-is-sympathizers.html","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian police kill bomber, investigate for link to IS sympathizers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIndonesian police kill bomber, investigate for link to IS sympathizers<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tIndonesian police kill bomber, investigate for link to IS sympathizers:-<\/strong> Indonesian police killed a militant on Monday after he detonated a small bomb in the city of Bandung and authorities said they were investigating whether he had links to a radical network sympathetic to Islamic State.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIndonesia, an officially secular state with the world's largest Muslim population, faces what many people fear is a growing threat from supporters of Islamic State.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRecent attacks by Islamic State sympathizers have mostly been poorly organized, but authorities believe about 400 Indonesians have left to join the militant group in Syria, and some could pose a more deadly threat if they came home.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe blast in the courtyard of a government office in Bandung, southeast of the capital Jakarta, did not cause any casualties and the bomber was shot by police after he ran into the building.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe militant had arrived at the office on a motorbike and placed his bomb, made with explosives packed into a pressure cooker, in the corner of the courtyard.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe attacker had demanded that an anti-terror police unit, Densus 88, release all detainees, according to provincial police chief Anton Charliyan.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe attacker may have been linked to Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), an umbrella organization on a U.S. State Department "terrorist" list that is estimated to have drawn hundreds of Islamic State sympathizers in Indonesia.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"There's a possibility of JAD," Charliyan said, when asked which group the militant belonged to.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe bomber had been jailed for three years after undertaking militant training in Aceh, a province on the northwest tip of Sumatra island, said national police spokesman Martinus Sitompul.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIndonesia had scored major successes tackling militancy inspired by the al Qaeda attacks on the United States in 2001. But there has been a resurgence of Islamist activity in recent years, some of it linked to the rise of Islamic State.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAuthorities foiled at least 15 attacks in 2016 and made more than 150 arrests.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe most serious incident last year was in January when four suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a shopping area in central Jakarta.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEight people, including all four attackers, were killed in the first attack in Indonesia claimed by Islamic State.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMilitant attacks had been relatively rare in Bandung, about three hours away from Jakarta. Provincial police spokesman Yusri Yunus said the situation was "under control" after the bomber was killed.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-indonesia-blast-idUSKBN1660CS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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