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Indonesia increases security after video calls for attack

JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities say they have increased security across the country after a video appearing on social media threatened attacks against police and other targets.

An Indonesian anti-terror squad walks near the house of a suspected militant after a police raid in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia Sunday, Sept 23, 2012. AP file photo

An Indonesian anti-terror squad walks near the house of a suspected militant after a police raid in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia Sunday, Sept 23, 2012. AP file photo

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JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities say they have increased security across the country after a video appearing on social media threatened attacks against police and other targets.

Jakarta police chief Major Geneneral Tito Karnavian said today (Nov 25) that security was being raised at airports, the presidential palace, foreign embassies and shopping centres.

A video calling for attacks on Jakarta police headquarters and the presidential palace appeared on social media, including Facebook, this weekend. It was blocked by authorities on Monday.

The 9-minute video purportedly came from the East Indonesia Mujahidin, led by the country’s most wanted militant, Abu Wardah Santoso, who has taken responsibility for the killings of several police officers, and has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. AP

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