Task Force 88 arrests suspected terrorist in Klaten, head of RT calls after serving in mosque



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Officers from Special Task Force 88 standing guard around the home of the suspected terrorist. (Source: KOMPAS.com / ANDREAS LUKAS ALTOBELI)

KLATEN, KOMPAS.TV – The Densus 88 counterterrorism team at the police headquarters arrested three suspected terrorists at three different locations in Klaten Regency, Central Java, on Friday (2/4/2021).

Authorities also searched the homes of the suspected terrorists and seized various pieces of evidence, such as laptops, books and money.

The three suspected terrorists included S, a resident of Bone Village, Tulung District; SH, a resident of Cetan Village, Ceper District; and MR residents of Kemudo Village, Prambanan district.

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Ambar Suseno, the head of RT where SH lives, admitted that the suspected terrorist has given several religious lectures at a nearby mosque. SH spoke especially at the mosque owned by his father-in-law in Cetan Village.

“He has filled various activities in the mosque several times. On Fridays, sometimes they also fill sermons,” Ambar said, Saturday (3/4/2021), quoted from Tribunnews.

Ambar said that local residents sometimes felt that they did not fit in with the content of the SH conference.

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