REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WONOSOBO -- A joint team of military and police personnel arrested two alleged followers of ISIS on the slopes of Mount Sumbing, Wonosobo, Central Java, on Tuesday evening.
The two men were identified as M Taufik Ismail Salam, a resident of Sumur Benger, Batang District, Central Java, and Siwi Prastyorini, an inhabitant of Imogiri, Sleman District, Yogyakarta Province, Lt Col Dwi Hariyono, commander of the Wonosobo/0707 military district, stated here, Wednesday.
They were arrested for planning to raise an ISIS flag on top of Mount Sumbing on August 17, Indonesia's Independence Day.
The security personnel found several ISIS flags in their bag.
The duo confessed to their plan to hoist the flag on top of Mount Sumbing on Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time. "The two are currently being held for further investigation," he added.
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