Indonesian anti-terror police are questioning four foreign nationals in a sign of tightening security in the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, officials confirmed yesterday.
Indonesia grappled with a string of militant attacks during the 2000s, including a bombing at a Bali nightclub that killed 202, with 88 Australians among them. Since then, it has been largely successful in cracking down on homegrown militant cells.
“At the moment we are still investigating where the foreigners are from and what their objective was,” Marciano Norman, head of Indonesia’s intelligence agency, told reporters.
Police on Saturday arrested the four and seized fake passports from them.