Indonesian police foil plot to kill top officials
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May 15, 2010, Saturday
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INDONESIAN police foiled a plot to assassinate the president and other top officials, massacre foreigners in Mumbai-style terrorist attacks and declare an Islamic state, an official said yesterday.
The attackers planned to focus their assault on the August 17 Independence Day ceremony attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other Indonesian and foreign dignitaries, national police chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said.
"They were confident that all state officials and dignitaries would be there," Danuri said. "Killing all the state officials would have accelerated the transition from a democracy to a state controlled by Islamic Shariah law."
News of the terrorist plot comes just weeks before US President Barack Obama is expected to visit Indonesia in June.
The plot also included taking over hotels and killing foreigners in a commando-style assault similar to that on Mumbai, India, that left 166 people dead in November 2008, he said.
Police and military targets were also chosen in Aceh province, Danuri said.
Details of the planned attacks were revealed during interrogations of dozens of suspects arrested in raids since February, when authorities broke up a training camp run by new terror group al-Qaida in Aceh.
In addition to the arrests, police have seized a large supply of assault rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition and jihadist literature.
The attackers planned to focus their assault on the August 17 Independence Day ceremony attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other Indonesian and foreign dignitaries, national police chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said.
"They were confident that all state officials and dignitaries would be there," Danuri said. "Killing all the state officials would have accelerated the transition from a democracy to a state controlled by Islamic Shariah law."
News of the terrorist plot comes just weeks before US President Barack Obama is expected to visit Indonesia in June.
The plot also included taking over hotels and killing foreigners in a commando-style assault similar to that on Mumbai, India, that left 166 people dead in November 2008, he said.
Police and military targets were also chosen in Aceh province, Danuri said.
Details of the planned attacks were revealed during interrogations of dozens of suspects arrested in raids since February, when authorities broke up a training camp run by new terror group al-Qaida in Aceh.
In addition to the arrests, police have seized a large supply of assault rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition and jihadist literature.
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