Densus 88 also arrested five suspected JI terrorists in Banten on Tuesday. One of them is a 45-year-old civil servant (PNS) at the Tangerang Agriculture Office. The four JI supporters in Batam, Riau ...

Hundreds of alms boxes confiscated by the National Police's counterterrorism squad Densus 88. ANTARA LAMPUNG/Damiri “On how to treat them as victims. We want to change their mindset,” said Marthinus ...

Densus 88 and the Central Sulawesi Police apprehended three suspected terrorists in Palu city and Tojo Una-Una regency, Central Sulawesi, who are believed to be linked to the Eastern Indonesia ...

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Densus 88 spokesperson Sr. Comr. Aswin Siregar said the team had been closely watching the suspects before the arrests. "Investigators are still working in the field. Please give us more time.

It has sparked calls by Islamic organisations to disband Densus 88. The groups include the Indonesian Ulema Council and Muhammadiyah, the country's second largest Islamic organisation.

Despite Densus 88's recent successes, the worry is that the militant threat to Indonesia is mounting as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria fighters return battle-hardened from Syria and Iraq.

MAJALENGKA, Indonesia (Xinhua-Antara): The Indonesian National Police’s counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, arrested five suspects in West Java on Friday, believed to be part of a terrorist network.

The country's extremist networks remain extant, but are much less capable of large-scale attacks than they were two decades ago. Despite aggressive counterterrorism efforts, Sulawesi still plays ...

A spokesman for Indonesia’s terror-crushing unit ‘Densus 88’ – or Detachment 88 – said threats were aired on social media. Colonel Aswin Siregar said: ‘We have a mechanism to monitor ...

Despite Densus 88's recent successes, the worry is that the militant threat to Indonesia is mounting as Islamic State fighters return battle-hardened from Syria and Iraq.