REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu confirmed that attacker who stabbed three police officers in Tangerang, Banten, was sympathizer of Islamic State (ISIS) network. "I have monitored, he was ISIS sympathizer," Ryamizard said in Bogor, West Java, on Wednesday (10/26)

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He said the suspect was a new ISIS sympathizers. Previously, police said the suspect (SA ) experienced doctrinal. "There was a process of brainwash, doctrinal. His age was 22 (years old), and prone to be affected," said National Police spokesman Inspector General Boy Rafli Amar in Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Friday (10/21).

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Suspect SA on Thursday (20/10) morning attacked three policemen. Tangerang Police chief Commissioner Efendi badly injured and two other officers wounded. "Suspect stabbed Commissioner Efendi at the back, traumatized his heart," Jakarta Police Spokesman Commissioner Awi Setiyono said.

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Meanwhile, First Inspector (Iptu) Bambang Haryadi was stabbed in the abdomen. While traffic police Chief. Brig Sukardi suffered wound in his back and right arm.

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