JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua)-- The anti-terror squad of Indonesian police on Friday arrested six suspected militants allegedly linked with the Islamic State (IS) group and planned to launch rocket strike on nearby Marine Bay of Singapore, police disclosed here.
The militants were captured in separate locations in Batam Island of Riau province, said Brigadier General Agus Rianto, spokesman of the national police.
"We captured six suspected terrorists grouped in Kitabah Gonggong Rebus (KGR) group,"he said at the police headquarters.
One of the militants with initial GRD is the leader of the KGR group in Batam Island and used to plot rocket strikes which target Singapore's Marina Bay, said Rianto.
"They (used to) plan rocket strikes on Singapore, the rockets would be launched from Batam Island,"the spokesman said.
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