MOSCOW
(RIA Novosti)--- Indonesian police detained 11 people, suspected of planning
terrorist attacks on the US
embassy and other targets, in four provinces in Java, the Jakarta Post reported
on Saturday.
The
suspected terrorists were members of a new group called Haraqah Sunni for
Indonesian Society, or Hasmi, the Jakarta Post quoted National Police spokesman
Suhardi Alius as saying.
“The targets of the group were allegedly
American embassy offices in Surabaya and Jakarta ; Plaza 89, in front of Australian embassy and [US
mining giant] Freeport headquarters in Jakarta , and the Srondol Mobile Brigade headquarters in Semarang ,” Suhardi said.
Officers
of the anti-terror squad confiscated several live bombs, high explosive
materials, bomb parts and bomb-making manuals in the raids, Suhardi said adding
that the police are investigating whether the group has ties with other
terrorist organizations.
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