Terror suspects arrested in Indonesia recently had been preparing an attack on a cafe in the West Sumatra town of Bukittinggi, police said Saturday. Before taking action, they learnt that no foreigners but Moslem were dominant at the location and therefore switched to Jakarta for the target, The Jakarta Post daily on Saturday quoted National Police chief Gen. Sutanto as saying. The police arrested nine men in Palembang, South Sumatra, during a series of raids on Tuesday and Wednesday, and seized 10 ready-to-use bombs, six party-assembled bombs, explosive powder, electronic detonators, guns and bullets. The men are being held at the mobile brigade prison in Depok, West Java, the report said. Indonesian police has detected Palembang South Sumatera to be a safe place for the terrorists. "Palembang is quite strategic, lies...
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