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4 August 2016
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6 arrested in Batam for plotting to launch rockets aimed at Marina Bay
Update: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has released a statement on Friday (Aug 5) in response to queries from the media. MHA said that it is aware that the six terror suspects nabbed by the Indonesian authorities were making plans.
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The Straits Times reported that the group, only identified by police as KGR@Katibah GR, is also accused of harbouring two Uighurs, according to a text message from Indonesian police spokesman Mr Boy Rafli Amar.
One Uighur named Ali has been linked to the suicide bomber who tried to attack a police station in the city of Solo in Central Java on July 5. The other Uighur has since been deported.
The group “have previously planned to launch a rocket from Batam to Marina Bay Singapore”, Indonesian police said, without elaborating.
They were named in a Batam Pos report as Trio Syafrido, 46, a bank employee; and factory workers Gigh Rahmat Dewa, 31, who is the group’s leader; Eka Saputra, 35; Tarmidzi, 21; Hadi Gusti Yanda, 20; and Mr Tegar Sucianto, 19.
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Indonesian police arrest 6 Batam militants including the group’s leader who has previously planned to attack S’pore
JAKARTA – Singapore’s home affairs ministry on Friday (Aug 5) said it was aware of plans by six suspected Indonesian militants to launch a rocket from Batam to Marina Bay, adding that the police and other agencies have stepped up inland and border security measures.
Indonesian police earlier on Friday arrested the six suspects in Batam, including the group’s leader whom police said had been plotting the attack.
“Our security agencies have been coordinating closely with the Indonesian authorities since the discovery of this attack plot, to monitor the activities of the group and to apprehend those involved,” the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-police-arrest-six-batam-militants
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The 6 militants who were arrested were planning to launch a rocket from Batam to Marina Bay
Indonesia’s national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar earlier told The Straits Times that Gigih and Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian militant believed to have been fighting alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and plotted the Jakarta terror attacks in January, “previously planned to launch a rocket from Batam to Marina Bay Singapore”.
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-police-arrest-six-batam-militants
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UPDATE: 6 terror suspects arrested from #Batam in plot to hit Singapore with rocket http://bit.ly/2aqajXX
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Could a homemade rocket reach Singapore from Batam?
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SINGAPORE — The arrest of six men in Batam suspected of planning to launch a rocket at Marina Bay has raised questions about what kind of rocket would be capable of achieving this aim.
To travel the roughly 25km from Batam to Marina Bay, any rocket would have to be more advanced than the homemade Qassam rockets Palestinian militants have in the past fired into Israel from inside the Gaza Strip.
The Qassam-3 rocket, made by Palestinian militant groups in underground rocket factories, measure about 2m tall and can carry a 15kg warhead. These rockets have a range of just 12km — not far enough to reach Singapore from Batam. The rockets also have no guidance system and are therefore difficult to fire accurately over long distances.
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/could-homemade-rocket-reach-singapore-batam
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Indonesian militant leader arrested in Batam had ties to #ISIS militant Bahrun Naim http://str.sg/4TNT
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