Young Jihadi attacks and injures five policemen in Tangerang
Azianzah Sultan, 22, was putting up the Islamic State symbols in public places when police stopped him. After wounding some agents with a dagger, the terrorist was shot in the legs and arrested. He had caliphate leaflets and Molotov cocktails in his possession. For Defense minister, people must be more alert against the threat of groups linked to the Islamic State.
Jakarta (AsiaNews) – A man, 22, perhaps affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), was wounded in the legs and arrested after attacking five police officers in Tangerang (Banten province), west of Jakarta.
Police surprised Sultan Azianzah this morning as he was putting up IS signs in public places, on trees and lampposts.
When the officers ordered him to stop, he attacked them with a dagger and handmade explosive devices. Before he was neutralised by a gunshot to the legs, he managed to injure some agents.
"The offender was taken to hospital for treatment," said Jakarta Police spokesman Awi Setiyono.
Sultan Azianzah was born in Lebak Wangi, a suburb of Tangerang, just 20 kilometers from Jakarta. He had on him a knife, a dagger, a few Molotov cocktails, leaflets and stickers with symbols of the caliphate.
Defense Minister General Ryamirzard Ryacudu told a special meeting of Parliament that the country must be more alert against the threat of groups linked to the Islamic State. "They are our common enemy,” he explained, “and the people expect us to guarantee the safety of nation".
Arsul Sani, a lawmaker, called for changes to the anti-terrorism law. "Jihadi attacks and other threats are imminent," he said.
Indonesian police are active finding and arresting IS militants as they return from fighting in Syria. It is estimated that several hundred left for the Middle East and that the caliphate can count on about a thousand sympathisers in the country.
For some time, IS has also been active in Indonesia where it has earned the allegiance of several Jihadi groups.
A group linked to the caliphate that sought predominance among Southeast Asian Jihadi groups has been blamed for terror attacks in Jakarta on 14 January.
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world, with 206 million members (87 per cent of the population) and is home to a moderate form of Islam.
Various groups, like Nadhlatul Ulama, have repeatedly condemned IS violence and bad interpretation of Islam and have defended Christian churches from possible attacks.
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