Deadly Jail Riot Near Indonesian Capital Is Claimed by ISIS - News Summed Up

Deadly Jail Riot Near Indonesian Capital Is Claimed by ISIS


JAKARTA, Indonesia — A deadly riot involving terrorism suspects inside a high-security detention center outside Indonesia’s capital stretched into Wednesday evening, officials said, and the media arm of the Islamic State claimed its loyalists were holding hostages there. The police said that five guards and one detainee had been killed in the riot. General Iqbal said that the riot had started in the section of the detention center reserved for terrorist suspects and convicted terrorists. “We have isolated them into one block, so the situation is under control,” General Iqbal said. He added that they were working to negotiate the release of one police officer being held hostage.


Source: New York Times May 09, 2018 09:14 UTC



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