Indonesia: More suspected terrorists nabbed as escalating spread of propaganda during pandemic; Covid-19 total now goes above 440,000

Members of the National Police's Mobile Brigade sweep a location suspected to be the hiding place of alleged terrorists in the hilly areas of Mamboro district, North Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Sunday (Nov 8). A joint team of the Densus 88 antiterrorism squad, Brimob and the Indonesian Military (TNI) was hunting a wanted terrorism suspect. - The Jakarta Post/Asian News Network

JAKARTA, Nov 9 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The National Police’s counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, has arrested dozens of people across Indonesia in recent months amid concerns about intensifying terrorist propaganda during the coronavirus pandemic.

Densus 88 recently apprehended six terrorism suspects believed to be affiliated with various terrorist groups, including Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), Adira and Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), in separate raids in Lampung, West Sumatra and Riau Islands.