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Indonesia foils IS' plan to launch rocket strike on Singapore's Marine Bay

Xinhua, August 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

The anti-terror squad of Indonesian police on Friday arrested six suspected militants allegedly linked with the Islamic State (IS) group and planned to launch rocket strike on nearby Marine Bay of Singapore, police disclosed here.

The militants were captured in separate locations in Batam Island of Riau province, said Brigadier General Agus Rianto, spokesman of the national police.

"We captured six suspected terrorists grouped in Kitabah Gonggong Rebus (KGR) group,"he said at the police headquarters.

One of the militants with initial GRD is the leader of the KGR group in Batam Island and used to plot rocket strikes which target Singapore's Marina Bay, said Rianto.

"They (used to) plan rocket strikes on Singapore, the rockets would be launched from Batam Island,"the spokesman said.

The strike would involve a high profile IS member from Indonesia, Bahrun Naim, who is fighting in Syria now, Rianto revealed.

"The plot was possibly made just before Bahrun Naim departed to Syria," he added.

Besides, GDR had planned to launch several suicide bombings at police stations and the place where mass gathered, he said.

GDR took responsibility for receiving and channelling funds from Indonesian citizen Bahrun Naim in Syria and is also in charge of facilitating Indonesians wishing to engage in Jihad (holy war) in the Middle East country, he added.

The arrest is conducted as international experts will gather in Bali next week to find a strategy to paralyze financial system of the global terrorists.

Indonesia is among the global target of the IS. On Jan. 24, the group launched a suicide bombing strike in the heart of the country's capital, killing eight people and injured over 28 others. Enditem