Indonesia beefs up securityBy ASSOCIATED PRESSJAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia is deploying 32,000 security personnel in the capital, Jakarta after warnings of a possible militant attack during the official announcement of presidential election results next week, police said Saturday. National Police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal said police had apprehended 29 people this month who planned to set off bombs during expected street protests when the official vote count is announced by May 22. He told a news conference that the suspects were members of Jemaah Anshorut Daulah, a local militant network affiliated with the Islamic State group, and have confessed that they planned attacks during the release of the election results.

Source: Manila Times May 19, 2019 17:03 UTC