October 11, 2019 12:36 PM

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Indonesian police search for more suspects after IS-linked attack

<span style="color: #222222;">Indonesian police are searching for more suspects today after two militants from an Islamic State-linked terror group stabbed the chief security minister. The Minister is recovering in hospital following emergency surgery. Seventy-two-year-old Wiranto, a former Army chief, was stabbed twice in the stomach as he left his vehicle in Pandeglang on Java island yesterday. The assassination attempt comes shortly before President Joko Widodo begins his second term. He has ordered the national police and intelligence agency chiefs to pursue other suspects in the attack.<br />''</span><br />''A 31-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, reportedly a married couple, were arrested at the scene in Pandeglang. They were later identified as members of Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, an extremist organisation loyal to IS that was responsible for several previous attacks.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Wiranto, a failed Presidential candidate, was appointed to his post in 2016 and oversees several departments, including the foreign affairs and defence ministries.</span><br />

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