Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesian police on December 22 announced a plan to deploy 155,000 employees to ensure security nationwide during Christmas and the New Year holidays.
The announcement was made after the police destroyed many attack plots planned by the insurgent force.
Police-General Tito Karnavian, Chief of the National Police, said security has been strengthened at churches, entertainment centres, and public places during Christmas and New Year holidays nationwide.
The Police’s Spokesman Martinus Sitompul stressed that the police would boost information-collecting efforts and supervise media means.
Earlier on December 21, the police foiled plots of a group linked to the so-called Islamic State to carry out suicide bomb attacks during Christmas holiday after a bomb was discovered in a house in Jakarta’s suburban area and killed three suspects.
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