JAKARTA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police have been investigating the linkage of 17 Indonesian nationals, who were deported from Turkey for planning to go to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, police disclosed here on Monday.
The 17 persons were deported to Indonesia by Turkish authorities after they were caught trying to enter Syria through that country's border with Turkey, said Inspector General Boy Rafly Amar, national police spokesman.
"The police are investigating their activities there. We will find out (whether they have involved IS activities) within the next two or three days," Amar said at the national police headquarters.
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