Indonesia arrests two dozen after minister attack
Indonesian police said they have arrested more than two dozen suspected militants after members of a network linked to the Islamic State (IS) group tried to assassinate a government minister.
The world’s biggest Muslim majority nation is on high alert ahead of President Joko Widodo’s second-term inauguration on Sunday, with some 27,000 troops expected to be deployed in the capital Jakarta.
Authorities have also banned mass demonstrations in the lead up to Widodo’s swearing in, for fear they might be used as cover for an attack, State Intelligence Agency spokesman Wawan Purwanto said.
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