Scattered Clues of Terrorist Networks
Two ISIS-linked suicide bombers attacked Kampung Melayu in east Jakarta, not long after the concert explosion at Manchester, UK and about the same time as the occupation of Marawi town by terrorists in southern Philippines. Telephone numbers written on scraps of paper scattered at the bombing site, amid receipts of ATM transfers and withdrawals, led the police to a terrorist network. Terrorists are becoming more adept at evading police and law enforcement surveillance.
May 30, 2017
Jajang Iqin Sodikin stopped in his tracks when over a dozen men stopped him on the eighth floor of the Pasar Baru Trade Center in Bandung, last week. Accompanied by his wife, 57-year-old Jajang, owner of a garment manufacturing business, was on his way to the parking lot to head for home at Cisarua, West Bandung.
The men introduced themselves as members of the National Police Counterterrorism Detachment (Densus). After asking him a few questions
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