Indonesia arrests two alleged terrorists ahead of Asian Games
Anti-terror forces of Indonesian national police have arrested two alleged militants in West Java province in a crackdown as the Asian Games is days to go in the country.
Hanoi (VNA) - Anti-terror forces of Indonesiannational police have arrested two alleged militants in West Java province in acrackdown as the Asian Games is days to go in the country.
Police chief of the province Agung Budi Maryoto said onAugust 3 that the arrested ones are members of the Jemaah Anshorut Daulah(JAD), a terrorist cell linked with IS group.
They were captured in Bandung, the capital of West Java, onAugust 1. JAD was banned by an Indonesian court earlier this week for stagingscores of suicide attacks and terror strikes across the country since two yearsago.
The police have undertaken crackdown on the militants in thecountry in recent years, but for now, security of the regional sport event hascome into focus.
The Asian Games is scheduled to kick off on August 18 andend on September 2 in the capital of Jakarta, Palembang - the capital of SouthSumatra, and West Java.
Indonesia has dispatched nearly 200,000 security and armypersonnel to secure the tournament.-VNA
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Indonesian police (Source: Xinhua) 
