Several suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested in Indonesia last week for allegedly plotting to assassinate Pope Francis during his recent visit to the country.
Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police, Detachment-88, said in a statement that the seven suspects were arrested early in the week in various cities throughout the country, The Straits Times reported.
The full names of the suspects were not released, but police said their initials were HFP, LB, DF, FA, HS, ER, and RS.
Investigators made the arrests after receiving tips from the public but did not know if the suspects knew each other or if they were part of the same terror cell.
A source told the publication that a search of one of the suspect’s homes turned up “bows and arrows, a drone, and ISIS leaflets.”
The source added that some of suspects had pledged allegiance to ISIS and that at least one of the terrorists belonged to…
