12 August 2017

News Story: Indonesia nabs alleged bomb makers, recruiters of militants

JAKARTA, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Anti-terror squad of Indonesian national police has captured 3 alleged terrorists, who had assembled bombs and recruited militants to fight in the Philippines, a senior police officer disclosed here on Friday.

The people, two men with initials of S of 38 years and R of 39 years, and a woman with an initial of RB of 45 years, were arrested in Kasang Kumpeh village of Muara Jambi district in Jambi province on Thursday, spokesman of national police Senior Commissioner Martinus Sitompul said.

"They had facilitated those wishing to go to the Philippines and had made bombs," he said at the national police headquarters.

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