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Assassination Squad Assembled To Target 'Infidels'

April 2007 | Risk Summary

A Singapore newspaper, citing an Indonesian official, has reported that the Southeast Asian militant network Jemaah Islamiah has formed an assassination squad to attack police, prosecutors and judges. Ansyaad Mbai, head of the anti-terrorism division at Indonesia's security ministry, revealed that plans to target a list of 'infidels' were uncovered after a series of raids in Java last month, when investigators found charts detailing the group's new structure as well as a large cache of arms including M-16 rifles.

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