29 April 2017

News Story: Jemaah Islamiyah militant group regains strength - experts

Hanoi (VNA) – The Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) has regained strength in Indonesia and could make a new generation of extremists, warned the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) on April 27.

The group is blamed for major attacks, including the bombings in Bali, Indonesia, in 2002.

It does not pose an immediate threat and its leaders have rejected violence to form an Islamic state, said a report of the institute.

However, the group is also building a clandestine armed force in Indonesia, and there is a risk that a militant faction could emerge from the wider organisation as it steps up recruitment.

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