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But Listyo balanced his message by calling the public for calm. “The public has no need to panic over the issue of terrorism. I can assure you that [the police] will root out this issue.”

Listyo’s assertion comes following a wave of police raids on JAD cells in Makassar, Jakarta, the regency of Bekasi in West Java province, as well as Bima, West Nusa Tenggara province or NTB.

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https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/03/29/17553221/kapolri-gandeng-kemenag-cegah-doktrin-terorisme-di-masyarakat. 

Police Raid On Suspected JAD Cell in Jakarta and Bekasi, West Java Find FPI Attributes

The Indonesian National Police is exploring possible links between the Jamaah Anshor Daulah [JAD] terrorist organization suspected of carrying out the suicide attack on the Makassar Cathderal and the hardline Islamic Defenders Front or FPI.

The move comes, after the latter’s attributes were found during raids on JAD cells in Condet, East Jakarta, and the West Java regency of Bekasi on Monday.

Densus 88 counterterrorist police said they found the FPI souvenirs as they entered the house during the operation. Kompas TV footage of the raid showed a number of FPI items, including a membership card, a jacket, and FPI banners as well as pamphlets and other literature.

“[The police] are trying to determine the possibility that the FPI is involved in any attacks planned by the JAD,” said Jakarta Metropolitan Police chief Inspector General Fadil Imran, following Densus 88’s raid on a house and car showroom inhabited by one of the terroris suspects.

“If we found any suspected links [between the FPI and JAD], then Densus 88 will carry out further investigations.”

Densus 88 found evidence ranging from five live bombs and their detonators, as well as an array of materials to make explosives like acetone, hydrogen peroxide, as well as other chemicals during the raids in Jakarta and Bekasi, among other places. They arrested four people during both raids.

The government outlawed the FPI on December 30, 2020 after the group and its leader Rizieq Shihab disobeyed Covid-19 health protocols multiple times following his return from exile in Saudi Arabia the month before.

FPI members have been caught on video swearing allegiance to ISIS back in 2015.

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https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2021/03/29/19441971/geledah-terduga-teroris-di-condet-polisi-temukan-atribut-dan-kartu?page=all#page2.