2 Indonesians carry out suicide bombings for Islamic State
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Two of four Indonesians who died fighting alongside the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group in Syria had carried out suicide bombings, reports said yesterday.
“Two committed suicide bombings while the causes of deaths for the two others are being investigated,” national police chief General Sutarman was quoted as saying in Detik.com news portal. It was not clear when the Indonesians died.
Police said at least 66 Indonesians had travelled to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS, 10 of whom had since returned. There has been growing concern about the militant group’s recruitment efforts in the country, after a recent internet video showing anIndonesian fighter making an impassioned appeal for compatriots tojoin the jihadist cause abroad.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, government ministers and religious leaders have spoken out against the Islamic State and warned that it is a threat to the country. The organisation has taken control of large parts of Syria and Iraq, and has been accused of atrocities against Shia Muslims and the Yazidi, a Kurdish religious community in Iraq.
