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Indonesian police arrest 2 more suspected militants

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AP Jakarta
Last Updated : Dec 24 2015 | 6:02 PM IST
Indonesian police said they have arrested two more suspected militants including a member of China's ethnic Uighur minority who was allegedly preparing to be a suicide bomber.
National Police spokesman Maj Gen Anton Charliyan says the suspects were captured in two separate places Wednesday in Bekasi, a West Java town bordering with eastern Jakarta.
The arrests of Arif Hidayatullah, alias Abu Mush'ab, and Alli, the Uighur who used a fake identity card, came as security has been stepped up after officials described a credible threat of attacks, especially against minority Christians, during the year-end holidays.
The government has deployed 150,000 security personnel to safeguard churches, airports and other public places across this predominantly Muslim nation.

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First Published: Dec 24 2015 | 6:02 PM IST

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