inp.polri.go.id - Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Polri has arrested 24 suspected terrorists from the MIT Poso and ISIS networks. The police said some of them had pledged allegiance to the new ISIS leader, Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi.
"As we know, ISIS already has a new leader. So some of these people have pledged their allegiance to the new leader, Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi," said The Head of the Public Information Bureau (Karo Penmas) of Polri’s Public Relations Division (Divisi Humas), Brigadier General Dr. Ahmad Ramadhan, S.H., M.H., M.Sc., Tuesday (17/5/2022).
He added that these terrorists also often do trainings.
"In general, they have participated in several i'dad activities or trainings, then have performed their allegiance to their leader," he said.
Furthermore, the suspects are also said to have helped prepare ammunition logistics in this network and withheld information about these activities.
"They also providing support to the MIT Poso group by planning to join the MIT group, then helping them with the logistics preparation, including ammunition logistics and hiding the information related to MIT Poso activities itself," concluded the One-Star General.
