Man puts up ISIS sticker on police post, stabs Tangerang Police chief and two officers

Update 14:20: The assailant, identified as 22-year-old SA, died from loss of blood while on the way to the hospital. Jakarta Metro Police Spokesman clarified that in addition to getting multiple gunshots to his leg, SA was also shot in the abdomen during the attack.


Three policemen, including Tangerang Metro Police Chief Commissioner Efendi, were stabbed in Cikokol, Tangerang, this morning by a man who had previously put up an ISIS flag sticker at a traffic junction police post.

According to witnesses, the incident occurred after the police reprimanded the unidentified assailant for putting up a small sticker of an ISIS flag on the police post.

 

 

“The police reprimanded the man who put up the sticker that had Arabic writing. All of a sudden, the man took out a sharp weapon and stabbed a police officer who was there,” said Rendi, a witness, as quoted by Okezone.

Jakarta Metro Police Spokesman Awi Setiyono confirmed that the attack happened at around 7:30 am.

“One victim (Commissioner Efendi) was stabbed in the back,” Awi said, as quoted by Tempo today.

Efendi’s injury is particularly serious as the knife was reported to have stabbed his heart through his back. He is now receiving medical care at Siloam Hospital in Tangerang. The assailant also stabbed two other officers, Bambang Haryadi, who has knife wounds on his chest and back, and Sukardi, who has knife wounds on his back and right arm. They were both taken for treatment at the Tangerang Regional Hospital.

The police managed to neutralize the assailant soon after the attack by shooting him three times in the leg. The assailant is now being treated at the Tangerang Regional Hospital.

Awi added that the assailant also carried and threw small explosives at the police during his rampage.

The police are now investigating into any possible links the assailant may have with the terrorist group ISIS. Meanwhile, dozens of armed police officers have been deployed to the scene of the incident to secure the area.

The attack today is slightly reminiscent of the terrorist attack on Jakarta in January 2016, which began with an explosion at a traffic junction police box on Jalan MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta. Eight people, including four terrorists who aligned themselves with ISIS, died during the attack then.

In 2014, the Indonesian government banned its citizens from showing any kind of support for the ISIS movement. However, that has not stopped around 400 Indonesians from joining to fight with the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq over the years. The National Police is currently closely monitoring 40 citizens who returned to Indonesia after previously gaining combat experience with ISIS, though National Police Chief Tito Karnavian said in a recent interview that there was no evidence of an imminent attack on Indonesian soil.



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