Indonesia: Eleven Terror Suspects Arrested

Indonesian police have arrested 11 terrorist suspects who were allegedly planning attacks on the country's US embassy.

"The group's objectives were to attack the US embassy in Jakarta and consulate-general in the eastern Javanese city of Surabaya," according to police spokesman Suhardi Alius.

Mr Alius said the group had also been targeting a building in the capital near the Australian embassy where US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan has an office.

"We also confiscated an explosive device from the town of Madiun in eastern Java, as well as explosive materials and a bomb-making manual," Mr Alius said.

Anti-terror police Detachment 88 made the arrests in four cities, including Jakarta, in a sweep on the island of Java, saying those detained belonged to a new network known as Hasmi.

Explosive materials were also secured from a location in Solo, central Java, and in Bogor on the outskirts of the capital.

Indonesia has previously been rocked by a series of deadly attacks blamed on the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.

The region has not seen a major attack since 2009 and authorities say a long crackdown on terrorism has debilitated JI.

But smaller terror cells aspiring to an Islamic state through violent means have emerged, though none have carried out any serious attacks.

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