Indonesia thwarts bomb plots

Indonesia has thwarted a bid by Islamic State-linked militants to stage a series of bombings when it announces official election results later this month, authorities said.

Police in the Southeast Asian nation said Monday that they had arrested eight suspects at several locations over the past week.

Authorities said the arrested militants were members of Jemaah Anshurat Daulah (JAD), a local extremist group that has pledged allegiance to IS and was blamed for last year’s church bombings.

The group planned to set off bombs at various locations when the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation releases election results on May 22.