Indonesia police to step up security at churches ahead of Easter weekend following terror attacks

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An internal probe is underway on how an alleged attacker was able to sneak a gun into the police headquarters on Wednesday, before being fatally shot.

last Sunday, when a married couple riding on a motorcycle blew themselves up. Twenty people were injured in the blast, four of whom are still hospitalised.inside the National Police headquarters in Jakarta. She fired six shots at police officers before being fatally gunned down. No police officers were injured in the incident.

“I have instructed national police chief, military chief and state intelligence agency chief to increase vigilance,” he said on Thursday. “There is no place for terrorism in our motherland.”Mr Hartono said police are reviewing their own security procedures after the Jakarta incident.The suspect, Ms Zaikah Aini, has been described as “a lone wolf” who believed in Islamic State ideology.

“Fact of the matter is, she was able to sneak a gun into the police headquarters. We are auditing our security procedures. If there are flaws, we will make improvements. And not just the National Police headquarters but will be applied to police stations ,” he said. “Police officers have been instructed to take firm actions whenever they are assaulted and the suspect appeared to be armed, particularly when the suspect is breaching a high-security compound like the National Police headquarters,” he said.

 

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